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Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries

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To: TobagoJack who wrote (63968)5/20/2005 11:29:11 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) of 74559
 
How 2005 according to Elmat is going quarterly review.

Let's see how much off or on the mark I was so far:

Oil will climb up to USD60 on India’s scramble to guarantee oil for its upcoming economic boom.

It went to 58 and now back to 48

Pensions will be the word ‘du jour’ as Bush start trying to revamp the system in the US. Note that senior editors of the popular press are most likely above 50 and will be publish against it.

no need to comment

Talks of Eurosclerosis will dominate the year. This time is for real. Europe is going back to irrelevance.

Germany and Italy. next will come the UK

Scramble to get out of the grey areas. If companies want to survive this 2005 they have to increase rapidly the scramble for where the consumers are. In short do an Am Bev.

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Japan gazers will look to Japan as how it is managing it is return to irrelevance as world’s bankers.

I goofed on this one

‘Muck throwing’ will be the sport of the year as the popular press tries to downplay developing countries progress.

no need to comment

Wireless deployment hot region is Eastern Europe. Bulgaria, Romenia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic…

no need to comment

Coffee price will skyrocket. Get ready to pay more for your coffeine shot.

no need to comment

Commodities? More –much more of the same.

no need to comment

Within the year, US declares victory US pull out of Iraq. Europeans –desperate for markets- will accommodate the factions and starting doing business.

I goofed on this one

Automakers will suffer dearly.

GM Ford UK Rover
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