This year will be challenging for stock investors and you don’t need a crystal ball to make that prediction.
However, since investing is always about future results, what do you think 2009 will be like for the stock market?
My personal prediction: The Dow will end 2009 near 8,500.
Credit Crisis
The credit and housing crisis is not going away. The economy will continue to grow but slowly or hold its own at best.The big question on many investors' minds is when will the economy and markets get back on a steady growth track.
The situation in the Middle East looks even more unstable than ever. Russia has become a trade competitor and policy foe, armed not with rockets but oil.
Oil prices will continue to trouble global economies.
U.S. Leadership
The U.S. will retain its leadership position in financial markets, but with a dollar that is a shadow of its former self, our influence in the global economy isn’t what it used to be.You know things are bad when the former icon on America's industrial might, General Motors, is broke.
So, what do you think? Where will the market end 2009? Take the poll and see how others have voted.
Take the Poll
Poll:Where will the Dow be at the end of 2009?
