All Posts Tagged With: "2009 predictions"

Where Are the Flying Cars?

So much for 2009.

I just looked at the market and had a flashback.

Remember when you were a child, sitting on the merry-go-round, and everything was pleasant until that one kid thought it would be funny to push it faster and faster? And it’s tolerable for about 5 seconds, prior to the nausea? Then you just want to cry.

That’s how I feel now.

The maniacal laughter that usually accompanies my reading of the news headlines is currently escaping me, as there is not a shred of good news out there, save for the fact that people are paying less…

16Jan2009 | Oxbury Research | 0 comments | Continued

Offbeat Predictions for 2009

In this week’s article, I wanted to follow up my article from last week – Predictions for 2009 - and this time offer some offbeat predictions for 2009. First, however, I wanted to make a few observations about making prognostications. Many times prognosticators look to the past for patterns which will repeat themselves in the future.

I myself look to history quite often, searching for parallels to what is happening today. However, I always keep in mind that famous Mark Twain quote – “History doesn’t repeat itself, at best it sometimes rhymes”. The  consensus Wall Street deflationists are ignoring this bit…

7Jan2009 | Oxbury Research | 0 comments | Continued
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