2006 Predictions

Rock Steady · 01-01-2006, 05:58 PM

- Apple sells record number of commercial video downloads

- Free Wireless Internet Access covers commercial and residential areas; many skip home wired access

- Gwen Stefani has baby boy; does not sing in public this year

- Steelers win Super Bowl; Bettis MVP

- Warriors make NBA Playoffs; Swept by Spurs in First Round

- Oakland Arena naming rights finally sold; to be called Larry Ellison Grand Arena

- 49ers booed out of town; move to Anaheim of Los Angeles

- Whole city of New Orleans named Time's People of the Year

ArcReforged · 01-02-2006, 12:07 AM

- China takes over the world. GO CHINA!

Beestie · 01-02-2006, 02:50 AM

Rock Steady gets a sex change operation.

Undertoad · 01-02-2006, 07:28 AM

DOW 14000
NASDAQ 3000
GOOG 450
YHOO 55
RHAT 35

wolf · 01-02-2006, 10:09 AM

The Eagles will start the 2006 season with a great deal of promise due to some exciting draft picks and suck their way through the rest of the season.

Dagney · 01-02-2006, 01:42 PM

Ohhh such a sense of deja vu....

Griff · 01-02-2006, 03:41 PM

Ravens sign Maurice Clarett
Victory declared, withdrawl underway (we'll be keeping some bases btw)
Kurds declare complete independence (good for them)
Small government Republicans continue to grow government
Dems urged to get behind unity candidate Hillary (unelectable) Clinton

lookout123 · 01-02-2006, 03:55 PM

DJIA 11800
bears and goldbugs continue to cry about the end of the world, hosers continue to bet on lame brained "momentum" stocks, old school investors continue to make money through flat market investing.

begin withdrawal from Iraq
many scream about the losses and failures of the war, more scream about the fantastic victory. most realize that accurate history won't be written for years to come.

overpaid crybabies will win rings and get more extravagant contracts. other overpaid crybabies won't win rings and will still get more extravagant contracts.

Jaguar will come out and admit that he is, in fact, Tony Blair. He has only been playing an elaborate joke with his friend GWB, a.k.a. Marichiko

Griff · 01-02-2006, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rock Steady

- Steelers win Super Bowl; Bettis MVP

Wouldn't that be sweet?

I suppose a DOW guess is in order... 11300

xoxoxoBruce · 01-02-2006, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Wouldn't that be sweet?

I suppose a DOW guess is in order... 11300

I think 5650 pair of DOW implants is pretty conservative.

richlevy · 01-02-2006, 06:44 PM

In 2006, embattled GM chairman Richard Wagoner Jr will take a page from Willy Wonka and lock 5 golden tickets in the glove compartments of GM cars and trucks in a desperate attempt to find a successor who can bring the company back.

tw · 01-02-2006, 10:16 PM

Lookout is calling for a 10% DJIA increase. UT is calling for a 30% increase in 2006. 2005 saw no change in the DJIA. Also since 2001, no change in the DOW. Just wondering where a 10% or 30% increase comes from when nothing significant justifies such predictions and since people such as Greenspan and Friedman worry significantly about massive debt increases both in the consumer and in government.

Undertoad · 01-02-2006, 10:19 PM

Outta my ass. Where's your predictions?

lookout123 · 01-02-2006, 10:34 PM

well, let's see... massive cash stockpiles in corporate accounts, a realization that oil won't crash the economy quite as easily as some thought, a public that is starting to realize that it may be a good time to pull some money out of real estate (gotta have it working somewhere), and most importantly distance from the bear market. people will talk to the neighbor over the fence and realize that solid returns can be earned in a "flat market" and they will slowly move back into the water, and by doing so will nudge the market up.

tw · 01-02-2006, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

well, let's see... massive cash stockpiles in corporate accounts, a realization that oil won't crash the economy quite as easily as some thought, ... and by doing so will nudge the market up.

I didn't see any reference to interest rates. Almost no interest rate increases are what other market monitors cite as a reason for market improvement.

01-01-2006, 05:58 PM	#1
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01-02-2006, 03:41 PM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ravens sign Maurice Clarett Victory declared, withdrawl underway (we'll be keeping some bases btw) Kurds declare complete independence (good for them) Small government Republicans continue to grow government Dems urged to get behind unity candidate Hillary (unelectable) Clinton __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 01-02-2006 at 03:43 PM.

01-02-2006, 12:07 AM	#2
ArcReforged Insert Random Title Here Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 23	- China takes over the world. GO CHINA!

01-02-2006, 07:28 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	DOW 14000 NASDAQ 3000 GOOG 450 YHOO 55 RHAT 35

01-02-2006, 03:55 PM	#8
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	DJIA 11800 bears and goldbugs continue to cry about the end of the world, hosers continue to bet on lame brained "momentum" stocks, old school investors continue to make money through flat market investing. begin withdrawal from Iraq many scream about the losses and failures of the war, more scream about the fantastic victory. most realize that accurate history won't be written for years to come. overpaid crybabies will win rings and get more extravagant contracts. other overpaid crybabies won't win rings and will still get more extravagant contracts. Jaguar will come out and admit that he is, in fact, Tony Blair. He has only been playing an elaborate joke with his friend GWB, a.k.a. Marichiko

01-02-2006, 06:44 PM	#11
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	In 2006, embattled GM chairman Richard Wagoner Jr will take a page from Willy Wonka and lock 5 golden tickets in the glove compartments of GM cars and trucks in a desperate attempt to find a successor who can bring the company back. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-02-2006, 10:16 PM	#12
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Lookout is calling for a 10% DJIA increase. UT is calling for a 30% increase in 2006. 2005 saw no change in the DJIA. Also since 2001, no change in the DOW. Just wondering where a 10% or 30% increase comes from when nothing significant justifies such predictions and since people such as Greenspan and Friedman worry significantly about massive debt increases both in the consumer and in government.

01-02-2006, 10:19 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Outta my ass. Where's your predictions?

01-02-2006, 10:34 PM	#14
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	well, let's see... massive cash stockpiles in corporate accounts, a realization that oil won't crash the economy quite as easily as some thought, a public that is starting to realize that it may be a good time to pull some money out of real estate (gotta have it working somewhere), and most importantly distance from the bear market. people will talk to the neighbor over the fence and realize that solid returns can be earned in a "flat market" and they will slowly move back into the water, and by doing so will nudge the market up.

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