2015 Predictions; Investment & Finance Thread - Dec. 28

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.