Tuesday, January 4, 2011

2011 Market/Economy Predictions

(See 2010 Market/Economy Predictions for past year's predictions & scores.)

I'm sticking again with a deflationary theme for the next year.  Given the makeup of the new Congress, it'll be more difficult for the USG and Fed to keep extending and pretending.



S&P500
Gold
Oil
USDEUR
USDJPY
TNX
TYX
Case-Shiller SF MSA
Case-Shiller 20-composite
Unemployment (U-6)
Starting value
1257
1421
91
0.75
81.79
3.3%
4.36%
138.84
145.32
17%
My prediction
1000
1250
60
0.80
90
3%
4%
125
130
19%
Actual value
1257
1520
99
0.77
78
1.87%
2.89%
133.22
141.97
15.6%

Note: the Case-Shiller numbers reported in December are for October, and the unemployment numbers reported in December are for November.