Outrageous Predictions 2014 One of the great things about this time of year is the opportunity presented by sitting back. And contemplating the game plan for the year ahead. And around this time, I sit down and write our Outrageous Market Predictions for 2014. My process is pretty simple. Over the course of the year, […]
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Continuing our Outrageous market predictions with the US Economic Outlook 2014 President Harry Truman once stated “Give me a one handed economist … All my Economists say ‘on the one hand, on the other’”. Nearly 5 years after the GFC (Global Financial Crisis), the US economy has failed to improve to a level that reflects
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US Dollar Currency Collapse – where does that leave the Australian Dollar? Before any major storm, there are usually signs to warn us of impeding danger. Animals are the first to react, unemotionally seeking shelter, running to higher ground, stampeding out of harm’s way. In 2004, the Indonesian Tsunami had seen Elephants running up into
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Like, Comment One of the biggest mistakes of our outrageous predictions last year, was Facebook, where we expected the stock to stay in a $27/29 range. We couldn’t have got it any more wrong if we tried, which in itself is quite funny, as you will see below. So where did the growth come from?
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Crude Oil price forecasts always seem to garner a great level of interest – probably because Crude oil is such a critically important commodity. Whether it is for generating power. Transporting our goods or as an input in manufacturing. There is no getting away from it. Energy and especially Oil is deemed as having a
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The US Government’s debt ceiling has been one of the most talked about. Themes in financial and non-financial circles for weeks. The un-parallelled levels of debt that have been created, almost beggar belief at more than $17trillion. A staggering figure and here is the question. What exactly does the US have to show for this
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The US stock market has gained more than 18% Year to Date, and with a US Government Shutdown threatening to force the economy to grind to a halt, could this see the stock market give up those gains? Investors are certainly afraid this might be the case. A quick revision of how the US stock
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Looking back to our June half-yearly gold report, we would like to review our theory of coming price direction and see where we are currently in relation to gold prices, and review the fundamentals we were watching. In the June report, we wrote, “With a move above 1,325 prices could run back up to the
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Sequester cuts to the US economy – how it will affect the US economic recovery. Headlines over the last few months have promoted fear amongst investors. Over the US Federal Budget and the National Debt Ceiling, which is soon to reach its $16 trillion dollar cap. That is $16,000,000,000,000! Yet again the Sequester is looming,
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The big daddy that so many forecasts are based around is the US economy – why – well the US represents around 21% of the global economy. Whichever way you splice and dice the US economy, everything about it is huge. I love the US – as a matter of fact, I love all of
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