2010 Predictions

Both sitting near 80, which hits 100 first, oil or the dollar?

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New excavations at Stonehenge find unearthly metal objects, purpose and origin unexplained...
National scandal as Congressman revealed to NOT be a crook...
Independence referendum in Oklahoma returns a vote narrowly in favor...

Giant asteroid passes within 20,000 miles of the Earth...we are only told AFTER It passes by….
Balloon Boy’s dad says wife is locked in the freezer, no one comes.
Possible radio signal detected from extra-solar planetary system...
Obama Cabinet member admits to paranormal experiences...

Economic meltdown, Wallstreet markets turmoil, US dollar collapse by April 2010
Push towards a global currency by United Nations mid year, replaces dollar and Euro with a new currency called the ZERO.
Collapse of commercial real estate markets, similiar to subprime collapse, only worse, starts in USA

More tsunami's, earthquakes globally; Hawaii comes to mind
High profile American celebrity dies; bad car accident, Porsche over a cliff, could be Nick Cage
Lots of political turmoil, scandals, protests - global

With bad economic conditions, theft, petty crimes; designer brand names no longer fashionable
Very bad unemployment US-- could hit 25%.
Gun sales set new records.

Inflation very bad 2nd half of year, basic food will cost a lot more
Rain storms wash out major crops across the Midwest, corn prices soar.
Pirates attempt to take over U.S. Navy Ship off Somalia, learn in the process that that is not a good idea.

And the Detroit LIONS win the Superbowl.
 
- Osama Bin Laden killed by predator drone.
- Fed raises rates .25% in September.
- Congress pushes for what's left of the auto industry to produce natural gas powered cars just as gas hits another top.
- A state pension fund publicly announces that it is technically bankrupt.
- Gold hits a high of 1327 and finishes the year at 1015.
- Food prices spike causing riots somewhere in Asia.
- We experience the coldest winter in 68 years, but Al Gore claims it to be a mere 'anomaly'.
- Congress approves a Roth IRA option for TSP investors.
- Urban Meyer (former coach of Florida University) announces he will coach a pro football team.
- Major League Baseball releases the entire 'Steriods List'. Derek Jeter is not on it.
- Phillies win the World Series.
 
tsptalk said:
Don is always so quick to jump all over Jim Cramer when he's wrong, that I'm surprised he makes such bold predictions himself.
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Don [Harrold] says gold hits $1700 in 2010. Doug Kass says it breaks $900 (on the downside.)

I stole this from a post in Birchtree's thread. Thought it appropriate here.

4. The price of gold topples.
“Gold is going to break $900,” he said. “It’s one of the most crowded trades.”
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Doug Kass' predictions for 2010... http://wallstreetpit.com/13213-doug-kass-predictions-for-2010
 
The Sunni Sons of Iraq can handle the remaining insurgency. The Shite government just has to keep their promise to pay them their salaries.
 
BTW, who is this Odierno guy, does he work for McCain?

“It’s not going to end, O.K.?” General Odierno said. “There’ll always be some sort of low-level insurgency in Iraq for the next 5, 10, 15 years. The issue is, what is the level of that insurgency? And can Iraqis handle it with their own forces and their own government?”
 
Hey, I have an idea to save $$.

Let's immediately pull the troops out of Iraq.....Ok, ok, let's pull them out in 24 months, ok how about 16 months, ok, ok, ok, let's compromise on 19 months but don't tell anyone we promised immediate withdrawal or that we still intend to leave 20%. To avoid any suspicion of a broken promise, lets change the name of the troops that will remain there for possibly a 100 years. They can be called "trainers" or "advisers". With a different name attached, we can say we met all obligations......I know it is kinda complicated but just think of it like what that singer previously known as "Prince" did. :D
 
James48843 said:
How wonderfully pleasant.
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Wow, really. Pessimistic son of a gun.

Don is always so quick to jump all over Jim Cramer when he's wrong, that I'm surprised he makes such bold predictions himself.

I do find him entertaining and pretty market savvy, however.
 
His solution was like many said, don't bail out the banks, mortgage lenders, and auto makers. Look at the past year. How did we rally so much?

Cooperations profited on massive labor cuts, using up their inventories, cash for clunkers, and taxpayer funded bail outs, buy outs, and give aways. Those companies should have died but were saved at a huge cost to the taxpayer and labor. We are enablers to the addicts.

Mortgage companies made fee's off of the taxpayer to refinance loan and lower payments as much as 20% while the default rate for those same loans is now approaching 40% and will get much worse in the coming year. Mortgage companies made money and it looked good for the folks getting the bail out on the evening news.

We have some freak'n beautiful road upgrades the State's has been trying to fund for a decade in MO and IL, but no industry to use them. They went all out paving over the concrete, widening the lanes and shoulders. Lining all the the water ways and ditches with limestone. All part of the "stimulus plan". Those jobs have been long gone and no long term jobs created or intermediate term.

I drove those roads every day and they would have made it another decade, but politicians need something they could put a sign on and show on the local evening news casts.
 
I predict the following will occur..

The sun will rise and set 365 times.
New babies of animals will be born and adults will die.
Stock market will rise and fall
People will become Millionaires
People will fall into poverty
Some places will get nothing but sunshine and other will have lots of rain everyday.
The year will Start on January 1st and end on December 31st.

Life goes on...
 
Nope, Tom,

We are being probed.

President Obama is being tested with different defensive schemes. A triangle an two here, a box and one there. Maybe a full court press is being called. What will bother him most? What will cause turnovers?

How will he react if punked?

Will he adjust?

Scorned?
 
No one mentioned a terrorist attack for 2010. Hopefully, this late 2009 failed attempt will be the last (none in 2010) and acts as a reminder that we must stay on our toes and not get complacent. The thugs are always out there and their goal is to kill the infidels.
 
tsptalk said:
- Warren Buffett will buy a company
- Global Warming / Climate Change will be renamed Earth Preservation (Don't give them any ideas!)
- The Chargers will win the Super Bowl (Please, by the grace of God!)
- The Nobel peace prize will be won by a liberal (Whoopty do)
- A Tea Party candidate will be elected to congress (How about they take every seat up for grabs! THAT would really scare them!
- Taxes will go up (Big surprise)
- Google will take over the world (Only if they assassinate Bill Gates first)
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-Tired of being labeled "Fat Cats," wealthy investors will intentionally crash the stock market in their own version of the "October surprise." The "dumb money" will be angry with the Congress and the President for the tanking economy and will install the Tea Party into the majority.

-On the one year anniversary of his death, the Jackson family will debut "This is REALLY it," a compilation of family videos featuring Michael Jackson rehearsing for his many concerts over the years.

-Chappaquiddick Island will be renamed Ted Kennedy Island in honor of the late Senator.

-ACORN will replace Halliburton as the contract provider of logistics and security for the Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. ACORN will also be named an official observer of the Iraq elections. Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboy Chearleaders will mysteriously be registered to vote in the Iraq elections.

-Obama's domestic policy will merge with his international policy when he presents his immigration reform legislation, which will make all human beings of the world United States Citizens and registered Democrats. Al Quaeda celebrates their newfound citizenship by crashing a White House party and blowing up the Lincoln Bedroom.

-Hillary Clinton will reveal that she too was Tiger Woods' lover. Bill will file for divorce.

-Eager to pay debts to China, and get rid of Sarah Palin, Obama sells Alaska back to Russia and offers to give California to China. China refuses to take the offer, saying they don't want liberal elites like Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer to screw up China like they did the U.S.

-Cubans will decide that things weren't as bad under Fidel than they are under Obama and will return to Cuba.
 
me, i'm going with the lotto, stop smoking, tracker success thing too, but if i end up swimming the channel then something went seriously wrong with my boat.
 
dude your 2009 list is spot on, those things are already happening, now post your 2010 list, tell us what you really think, no hedging.
 
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