Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Saxobank: "Outrageous Predictions for 2015 is out!" (Bárðarbunga Dude!)

From Saxobank's Trading Floor blog:
Uncertain times call for unconventional thinking. We think that we’ve got 10 scenarios that fit the bill.
Outrageous Predictions is out and Saxo Bank’s strategy team led by chief economist Steen Jakobsen have put together potential outcomes that could develop in 2015.
From a Russian default to a UK housing shock and a market-decimating volcano eruption to an online-shopping hijack, we think we’ve mixed the brilliant with the outlandish to, at the very least, offer food for thought and perhaps to flavour your trading portfolios in 2015.
It’s not for the fainthearted. It is for the shrewd investor. Anyone who wants to have a successful trading strategy in 2015 needs to factor in Outrageous Predictions as part of a potentially very real and very pertinent backdrop.
Our publication for 2015 is out!
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10 Outrageous Predictions...
  1. Russia defaults again
  2. Volcano eruption decimates crops
  3. Japanese inflation to hit 5%
  4. Draghi quits ECB
  5. Corporate bond spreads to double in 2015
  6. Internet hacks smash online shopping
  7. China devalues yuan 20%
  8. Cocoa futures hit USD 5,000/tonne
  9. UK house sector to crash
  10. Brexit in 2017


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