Among Doug Kass's 15 surprises for 2011: The market moves sideways (that's a surprise?); a new...

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wyostocks Comments (5356)
 
Doug is very successful and smart but his surprises are not predications. They are food for thought.
27 Dec 2010, 07:29 PM Reply Like

7footMoose Comments (2242)
 
I read the entire article earlier and thought several of his predictions were clearly out of left field. Great food for discourse.
27 Dec 2010, 07:40 PM Reply Like

The Geoffster Comments (3701)
 
Never make predictions, especially about the future.
Casey Stengel
27 Dec 2010, 09:23 PM Reply Like

Saranac518 Comments (9)
 
His negatively biased forecasts regarding gold are as incompetent as his understanding of gold's intrinsic value. However, it will be difficult for his 2010 gold surprise to prove more inept than his wildly inaccurate 2009 prediction. He will have at least a couple things right. Gold will be volatile and $50+ daily moves will not be uncommon.
27 Dec 2010, 09:25 PM Reply Like

7footMoose Comments (2242)
 
Just out of curiosity, how do you know, "Gold will be volatile and $50+ daily moves will not be uncommon".

The irony of your name has not escaped me.
27 Dec 2010, 09:28 PM Reply Like

Bouchart Comments (384)
 
I believe that in 2011, a country in Western Europe will fall so far into disorder because of economic problems that it will request military aid from the U.S. in order to suppress rebellion. There's my bold 2011 prediction.
27 Dec 2010, 10:47 PM Reply Like

Spencef Comments (4)
 
所有这些信息都很好，好厄尼，我觉得是很二零一...
28 Dec 2010, 02:00 AM Reply Like

Jasper M Comments (1652)
 
You tell 'em, Spence!
I, for one, would be Very surprised if we get a sideways market in 2011. But the rest of the proffered sample seems a bunch of gimmes, no stretch at all. Social turmoil tends to favor new political parties (Lincoln), gold is exhausted (couldn't make a new high on a nuclear war scare), and the turn in the economic cycle means the public and its servants will cast a malign eye on the winners of the last cycle, the hedge funds.
28 Dec 2010, 02:35 AM Reply Like