Outlook 2012 Part 3: "The Flash Crash Is Just The Beginning"

Outlook 2012: Global Real Estate Market Trend
Tough times bring opportunities, even in the real estate (RE) market. In Europe, according to the last CBRE analysis
READ MORE: http://www.econmatters.com/2011/12/outlook-2012-global-real-estate-market.html

Citi Near Term Stock Forecast: 9300 In The DJIA; 985 In The S&P; Sees Chart Analogs To Pre-World War Periods
Earlier today we presented one of the 12 forecasts by Citi's FX Technical group which saw gold reversing recent drops, and soaring to $2400 by H2 2012 and far higher later on.
READ MORE: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/citi-near-term-stock-forecast-9300-djia-985-sp-sees-chart-analogs-pre-world-war-periods

Citi Predicts Gold At $3400 In "The Next Two Years", Potential For Move As High As $6000
Following today's margin call anticipating, liquidation-driven rout in gold, the weak hands are, as the saying goes, puking up blood. Which may not be a bad thing - after all
READ MORE: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/citi-predicts-gold-3400-next-two-years

Technical View: Gold, Silver, Oil and SP 500 Long Term Outlook
It’s that time of year again and I’m not talking about the holiday season… What I am talking about is another major market correction which has been starting to unfold over the past couple weeks.
READ MORE: http://www.econmatters.com/2011/12/technical-view-gold-silver-oil-and-sp.html

    * SENATOR HATCH SAYS BERNANKE `VERY CONCERNED' ABOUT EUROPE - BBG
And the kickers:
    * BERNANKE TELLS SENATORS NO FED RESCUE OF EUROPE BANKS: GRAHAM - BBG
    * BERNANKE `VERY CLEAR' FED HAS NO EUROPE BANK AID PLANS: CORKER - BBG

Forbes: United States Of Europe Coming Soon
A United States of Europe — minus recalcitrant Great Britain — is nearly upon us; thus saith Forbes magazine. “The euro, in its old form, has fallen into crisis and the price European countries have to pay is a large loss of sovereignty,” writes Clem Chambers (left) in the Establishment conservative magazine. Chambers continues: Nationalists would consider this disastrous. In reality, there are not so many nationalists in Europe these days and many countries, and their populations, consider themselves European and see little problem with further integration.

2012 Oil Price Outlook: How to Profit From $150 Oil
2011 was an up-and-down year for oil prices, but don't expect that pattern to repeat in 2012. No, next year, the trajectory for oil prices will be far more linear - and it's pointed up. In fact, we could even see $150 oil by mid-summer.  

Our decade from hell will get worse in 2012
2012. Super Rich solidifies absolute power over our political system
2013. Global population bubble exploding, rapidly wasting resources
2014. Pentagon’s global commodity wars accelerate toward 2020 peak
2015. Gilded Age globalization explodes America’s Global Empire
2016. Reaganomics capitalism self-destructs, crashes, bank bankruptcies
READ MORE: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/our-decade-from-hell-will-get-worse-in-2012-2011-12-13?pagenumber=2

Is the Gold Bull Really Dead?
Economist Dennis Gartman announced in his newsletter, yesterday, that he has sold all of his gold.  I don’t know if it was physical or paper gold in an ETF (exchange traded fund),
but it is gone. 
READ MORE: http://usawatchdog.com/price-of-gold-is-the-gold-bull-really-dead/

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