Prediction #1: Starting this year, most U.S. stocks are likely to fall in a zigzag pattern for nearly three long years!
Prediction #2: Gold will skyrocket far higher than $2,000 per ounce by the end of 2011.
Prediction #3: The U.S. Dollar Index will begin to sink in 2010 and will not hit bottom until early 2012.
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Even as many Americans still struggle to recover from the country’s worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, another crisis – one that will be even worse than the current one – is looming, according to a new report from a group of leading economists, financiers, and former federal regulators.
Economists Warn Another Financial on [...]

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The review “will point to dramatic reductions in the stockpile, while maintaining a strong and reliable deterrent through the investments that have been made in the budget,” the official said.
Officials say thousands of nuclear weapons could be cut, in many cases by retiring weapons that are now kept in storage.

BBC News – US plans [...]

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The Obama administration is formulating a new nuclear weapons policy that would include the elimination of thousands of warheads and the possible withdrawal of all tactical warheads from Europe.
Newsmax – Obama Plans to Eliminate ‘Thousands’ of U.S. Nuclear Warheads

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Why would Russia want to launch a nuclear preemptive attack on America? Russia has been kind enough to explain why it might attack America – it feels threatened by NATO and the U.S.
Now if one is oblivious to the world, then you would go on encircling Russia while at the same time reducing your nuclear [...]

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Syria’s prime minister warned Israel Saturday that any new Middle East war would be catastrophic for the region and beyond.
Premier Naji al-Otari told reporters after meeting with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon in Damascus, that a new war will have dangerous repercussions not only in the Middle East but also on the international level.
Syria’s [...]

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MORE than half of Chinese people questioned in a poll believe China and America are heading for a new “cold war”.
The finding came after battles over Taiwan, Tibet, trade, climate change, internet freedom and human rights which have poisoned relations in the three months since President Barack Obama made a fruitless visit to Beijing.
An independent [...]

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Listen closely to the words of our 12 “Dr. Dooms.” For a moment, take off your rose-colored glasses, step out of your denial, see the Great Depression 2 dead ahead, really look at the future our “Dr. Dooms” see in their “Doomsday Scenarios:”
12 Dr. Dooms shred 2010 investing optimism Paul B. Farrell – MarketWatch

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The risk that deteriorating government finances could push economies into full-fledged debt crises tops a list of threats facing the world in 2010, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.
Sovereign defaults top 2010 risk hitlist | Reuters

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China’s economic growth has been accompanied by growing misinformation about its economy. Contrary to conventional wisdom, China is not leading the world out of a recession, is no longer moving toward a market economy, is not America’s banker, and may never surpass the U.S. Heritage Foundation Asia expert Derek Scissors debunks 10 leading myths about [...]

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