2015 Predictions; Investment & Finance Thread - Dec. 28

Weekly investment & finance thread ^ | Dec. 28, 2014 | Freeper Investors

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Weird, all our doom'n'gloomers have disappeared!  Usually the pundits are warning about the big upcoming market crash but look at what the latest "expert" predictions are for 2015 stock market returns:

Outlook 2015: Year Ahead Reports & Analysis Our 2015 year-end target for the S&P 500 is 2200, putting returns on a more-normal pace of 6%.

Barron's Cover Outlook 2015: Stick With the Bull Wall Street’s top strategists expect the S&P 500 to rally 10%

Markets  Wall Street bull: Market will rise another 14% in 2015

Add to this the fact that we're still overdue for our longer term growth cycle points to even more optimism. 

Of course there's always the contrarian approach that says upbeat sentiment is a negative sign, so let's be fair to our cautious side and post these stock warnings;

            ----Don't Hold Your Breath for a 90s-Style Boom

            ----Seven Shocks for the Markets in 2015

            ----What the Fed Will Decide About Rates In 2015

 

Continuing that line we got more boosters who are into precious metal hedges  --3 Reasons to buy gold FM trader Brian Kelly outlines reasons to buy gold going into 2015. Tim Seymour disagrees with the commodity's bull case. CNBC Videos.   That plus the possibility that the lackluster 2014 was just basing for the next uptrend.

This is the thread where folks swap ideas on savings and investment --here's a list of popular investing links that freepers have posted here and tomorrow morning we'll go on with our--

Open invitation continues always for idea-input for the thread, this being a joint effort works well.   Keywords: financial, WallStreet, stockmarket, economy.

 

[kjam22]

I do some options from time to time. Small numbers though. And, I’ve never done a Binary. I bet on OU in 2000 to Beat Florida State in the championship game and did not take the 9 points they were being given. $200 paid $800. That’s the closest I’ve come to a binary option :)

[SAJ]

Right. Binary options (or binary-ish, if you like) are quite popular among the sports bettors. More popular still, are what I call 'hard' binaries, where the proposition is not yes/no, but varies along with the trend of the game. OU 20, FSU 17 in the 4th quarter will be priced quite differently than OU 27, FSU 10 at the same point in the game.

Mkt binaries can be found in a couple of similar variations. Classic case of 'pays your money, takes your choice'.

Good trading to you!