Someone's going to die after following some whacked out herbal regimen they heard about on TV and get the FDA all up in the snake-oil industry like white on rice.

More hurricanes, but Mississippi is ground zero, not Nawlins.

No interest rate hikes at all. DJIA = 11k plus, unless we get another terrorist attack.

No successful domestic terror attacks, but a close call over the summer.

Saddam gets executed, we find out bin Laden has been dead for 2 years.

GM goes belly up, is bought out by a foreign interest.

Iran makes some kind of move, hoping to use our indecisiveness over middle east policy to get a Democrat in the White House so they can operate with impunity. Well, with UN bluehats buzzing around like mosquitoes, but basically with impunity. Attempt fails. Dems still don't have an agenda outside of "impeach Bush" so we'll have to settle for whoever the GOP throws in there...maybe McCain. Newt Gingrich tries for the nomination, but fails.

About a dozen more gay cowboy movies. Maybe not cowboys, though. Like, sailors.

A really, really big forest fire happens. The biggest ever. Somewhere like Siberia or Canada.

Big upswing in X-Files type stuff -- UFO sightings, Mary on tortillas, etc. Ghosts lose some market share though.

At least 5 more major metropolitan areas ban smoking in public places.

Gasoline = $1.50/gal at some point.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline will get divorced. I know, obvious, but this part isn't: it will be in May.

i'm surprised no one has bumped this one yet. how did we do?

i mean other than the obvious fact that we spend all year, every year just going through the motions of living out tw's predictions.

I predict that 2006 will end at 00:00:00 Universal Time, January 1, 2007.

Don't be afraid because I have the gift of second sight.

What am I thinking right now?

"Man, is this guy full of shit."

What do I win? Does it involve cheesecake photos?

Absolutely!
 

Here you go:

DOW Predictions:

UT: 14000
L123: 11800
Griff: 11300
Nood: over 11000
TW: nothing significant justifies an increase like 11800

Actual result: 12463

Winner: L123
2nd place: Griff
3rd place: Nood
4th place: UT
5th place: TW

Umm...send your money to L123 again this year if you want return.

that'll work. or you can listen to flat market investors in your own neck of the woods. the market doesn't have to be in a boom to make solid returns if you don't buy in to the whole "index funds rule" mindset.