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Old 12-28-2014, 04:32 PM   #21
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I don't think about the Dow because it only contains 30 stocks.
I imagine the S&P-500 will be up 7% with a few good thumps along the way.
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Old 12-28-2014, 06:46 PM   #22
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Dow 21,000, S&P 2,250
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Old 12-29-2014, 09:16 AM   #23
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Relatively flat. Economy will motor along and the US will be queen of the pigs globally, but the Fed has to begin the tightening process this year and that should act as an anchor on returns.

I think the bigger questions are:

What will happen with bonds?
Will oil drop even further?
Will Congress get its act together on tax reform?
Will inflation suddenly pop up driving an absolute but not real increase in stocks?

Those are all critical inputs into stocks.

I will respond to these weighty questions and unruly economic forces by rebalancing my portfolio every six months and investing a fixed amount every month.

A trained monkey could do it. It wouldn't even have to be a particularly gifted monkey...
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Old 12-29-2014, 09:36 AM   #24
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DOW = 19404
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But I hope the climb is greater!
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Old 12-29-2014, 09:36 AM   #25
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Isn't all the optimism on this thread a little disconcerting Kinda like WHEE!!!
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Old 12-29-2014, 09:49 AM   #26
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I have no idea where the market will be next week, let alone at the end of 2015. However, I will predict that oil will be $80-$100 vs current price
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Old 12-29-2014, 11:29 AM   #27
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19283 (= average of all the responders so far) is what I predict.
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Old 12-29-2014, 11:30 AM   #28
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Definitely bought some XOM today...when seven analysts say BUY, I buy...lol. I did enjoy our cheap gas prices, now its time to reinvest those dividends.

Still trying to figure out where to put the other cash stash.

DJI 19,500 S&P 2250.

Unless we have a strong first quarter and GDP sustains with low jobs numbers, then I will be back to revise my estimate higher provided there are no global catastrophes, bad weather, and just about anything else you could think of.
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Old 12-29-2014, 11:44 AM   #29
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Old 12-29-2014, 02:03 PM   #30
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Old 12-29-2014, 05:52 PM   #31
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Well, I wouldn't put much stock in the prognostications of the internet. This very forum told me that the S&P wouldn't hit 2000 by the year 2020 back when it was right around 1800 last year. I opined that it was more likely to hit 3000 by 2020 than it was to be below 2000 by then. Anyway...

I'll say S&P: 2194, Dow: 18913
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Old 12-29-2014, 05:57 PM   #32
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I'm thinking Dow 16,000.
For anyone who follows Martin Armstrong the economy is supposed to start going to heck in the 4th qtr of 2015.
And I'm sure Porter Stansberry is still predicting the end of America in 2015, as he has every year since birth, I think.

Ah, but I see he's changed his stimulus for the End of America and updated it to be the "new currency law" that went into effect on July 1, 2014. He's so creative!
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Old 12-29-2014, 06:12 PM   #33
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Uh, who won last year?
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Uh, who won last year?
Amazingly we cannot find the poll for 2014.
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Old 12-29-2014, 08:08 PM   #36
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It is time for a pull back..
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S&P absolutely positively will be 2267.2 (plus or minus 600 or so).
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We do a more challenging forecast because we are Canadians:
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