FRIEDMAN'S
PREDICTIONS
Sidney Sees All (or at least 67% of it)
Released
each year at New Year's time since 1996, Sidney Friedman's predictions
have achieved a startling and documented 67% accuracy (some years
as high as 76% and never lower than 62%). And, so far, year
after year, Friedman has been near 100% with his OSCAR predictions.
For
the last 6 years, Friedman's predictions have been covered
on FOX-TV's Morning News, and through the years they have been covered
by news and talk shows on CBS-TV, NBC-TV, ABC-TV, and hundreds
of radio programs. Is he truly psychic, highly intuitive, or what?
The
art of accurately sensing the future is rare and mystical.
Ironically,
Friedman says about his predictions and the art of predicting, "Most
of the future is unpredictable. That is as it should be. If we know
exactly what will happen, the present would not exist. Also, to a
large extent, we make the future. But once in a while the curtain
parts ever-so-slightly, revealing a glimpse of tomorrow's theater.
We all get these hunches. Through a variety of techniques (explained
in my book and seminar) (shameless plug), I attempt to interpret
what many of these impressions truly mean -- sometimes successfully,
sometimes not. Always though, I keep the intention of releasing these
predictions for fun and curiosity."
Additionally, Sidney Friedman
warns us to keep in mind that wrong predictions in retrospect always
seem ridiculous. Likewise, in retrospect, accurate predictions often
seem obvious. So as you read these prognostications, be aware of the
difficulty of this skill.
Note: THE 2008 PREDICTIONS ARE STATED
AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. Results for the last few years are listed
first.
Prediction RESULTS for 2006
FRIEDMAN achieved a 68%
accuracy, not including the annual
jocular CUBS prediction. The following
have come true: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8,
10, half of 11, 13, 15, 19. and most
impressive, #12 has come true with
the Dow Jones surpassing theall-time record 12,000 on October 18th.
FRIEDMAN's Dow prediction occurred
in spite of contrary
expectations of most investors and market
analysts.
#19 is also amazingly accurate. It is in contrast to most
scientists
who said this year would be one of the worst for hurricanes.
Friedman was right! Not one major hurricane hit land this year
in the U.S.
( Predictions in RED have come to fruition. )
1) Viagra
will save lives, and become a new "wonder" drug.
2) Sex scandel at
the United Nations. A ring of prostitutes will be found regularly
working the U.N.
3A) Philip Seymour Hoffman will win the Oscar for
best actor.
3B) And Reese Witherspoon will also win an Oscar.
4) Paris
Hilton will file a restraining order against an ex-lover.
5) Donald
Trump will come under investigation by the IRS.
6) Angelina Jolie and/or
Brad Pitt will have a close call when a plane she and/or he are traveling
in nearly crashes or has mechanical problems.
7) Leg warmers will be
"in" again for women.
8) Someone will claim to have been Oprah's gay
lover.
9) There will be a partial brain transplant attempted.
10) Record
number of people will be injured by fish other than sharks!
11) Titanic
repeat -- a ship will tragically sink, actually hitting an iceberg
or large object.
12) The Dow will briefly hit 12,000.
13) Computer and
TV products will spy on and report owners activities to companies
via internet.
14) A ship carrying radioactive materials will be taken
for ransom.
15) A major payola scandel in music will occur, most likely
in Country Music.
16) There will be an attempted coup in Russia with
Vladimir Putin in danger of his life!
17) Secret diaries of Pope John
Paul II are found. Vatican refuses to divulge contents.
18) There will
be a major attack on the Suez canal, possibly even closing it briefly!
19) Although
2005 was an active year for major natural disasters in the USA, this
coming year will be quiet in comparison.
20) And, "Miracle on Clark
and Addison." As I predict every year, the CUBS will make it to the
World Series. This is probably a wishful, tainted prediction,
but I'll keep predicting it until it happens!!!
Results
of FRIEDMAN's FORECAST for 2005
1) Geological activity will increase
with earthquakes in rare places. A HIT
2) Madonna will be caught having
cosmetic surgery. A HIT
3) A huge iceberg will break off the antarctic.A HIT
4) Jamie Fox will win the Oscar for best actor. A HIT
5) Martha
Stewart's business will rise to new heights ion spite of her conviction
and jail time. She may also run for public office. A HIT ON
THE BUSINESS PREDICTION. A MISS ON THE POLITICS PREDICTION (though
I feel it still will happen).
6) Dick Clark will return from his serious
ailments to host New Year's Eve '05-'06. A HIT
7) In spite of
a dismal start to the season, the Chicago Bulls will make the playoffs.A HIT
8) Largest lotto winner ever will happen. A HIT (There was a
billion dollar payout in England.)
9) Gary Sinese will save a life
in a traffic accident. A MISS
10) There will be actual proof
of life on a moon of Saturn. A MISS
11) Howard Stern will be the victim
of a harrassment lawsuit. A MISS
12) Anna Nicole Smith will get an
educational degree. A MISS
13) Las Vegas will go dark momentarily.A HIT (In late December there was a thief who stole thousands
of Christmas lights and displays in a part of Las Vegas.)
14) There
will be a bomb scare on Air Force One. HALF-A-HIT (Earlier this
year there was a significant delay for the president when there apparent
security problems with Air Force One, but it turned out not to be
a bomb.)
15) The Mississippi River will significantly change course.A HIT!!!!! (Katrina and the breaking of the levees).
(NOTE: Friedman
also predicted the CUBS would make it to the World Series, but let's
not count that one - he crazily predicts it every year.)
Results of FRIEDMAN's FORECAST
for 2007
62% accuracy (not counting the CUBS and psychic prediction.)
Correct
predictions are in RED.
This was not Friedman's best year, but Friedman
predicted it would
be a bad year for psychics. Still, all in all,
62% is fairly good
considering most of us don't know what will occur
2 minutes from now.
1) It will be a bad year for coffee drinkers.
2) There
will be a deadly nuclear accident in the middle east. (Let's hope
this one doesn't happen.)
3) Of all things, Nehru jackets will return
to fashion.
4) A ring with a massive stash of counterfeit American
currency will be busted.
5) Krazy Glue will save lives.
6) Actress Hellen
Mirren will win an Oscar for best actress.
7) After many years of disappointment,
Martin Scorsese will finally win an Oscar.
8) There will be a major SNAFU at
Fort Knox.
9) A female assassin will stalk Washington, D.C.
10) There
will be shortages of honey.
11) Wal-mart will be investigated for illegally
influencing politicians.
12) Televisions will burn down houses.
13) In
the U.S. markets, the tech sectors will show a remarkable gain of
about 20%.
14) The Dow will flirt with 13,000 but then will retreat
to approximately where it began, perhaps even lose some ground. (1/2 A
HIT. THE DOW ACTED AS PREDICTED BUT ACTUALLY WENT UP TO 14,000 then
retreated.)
15) There will be a major scandal in Mutual Funds,
causing resignations and perhaps even suicide.
16) Seismic activity
will occur in an unexpected portion of North America, very possibly
in the Midwest.
17) Space debris will find its first victim.
18) It
will be a bad year for psychics.
(NOTE: Friedman also predicted
the CUBS would make it to the World Series, but let's not count that
one - he emotionally predicts it every year.)
FRIEDMAN's
FORECAST for 2008
released 12/31/07
(Oscar predictions will be
added in early February.)
1) Toxic snow will be detected and
found as a new danger.
2) A court house will be held hostage.
3) A Christmas
card will somehow save a life.
4) There will be a military confrontation
in Antarctica.
5) Kanye West will be the big winner at the Grammies
this year. A HIT
6) The affairs of several well-known gay athletes
will be "outed."
7) Overall, oil prices will drop 20%. (Let's hope
so.)
8) For the first time, a person with Diabetes will be cured.
9) A
presidential candidate will narrowly escape death.
10) A former Olympic
competitor will be found living on the streets. A HIT
11) Apple computers
will be subjected to a major cyber hacking.
12) Facial hair, particularly
sideburns and mustaches, will be an upcoming fashion.
13) A rash of
thefts of "moving pods" will occur.
14) Bill Gates will be the subject
of an extortion attempt.
15) Actors will plan a boycott of one or more
awards events. A HIT
16) Ironically, Britney Spears and her younger
sister will lead relatively clean, quiet, non-controversial lives
this year, though a gun incident will surround them at some point.
17) Military
research will attempt to make a bionic man.
18) There will be a mystery
rash of unexplained Zoo animal deaths.
19) Tragedy in the Chinese space
program will occur.
20) There will be drug wars among Asian gangs.
21) Anthrax
threats will reappear.
22) Wild fluctations in the U.S. stock market,
with a possible mini-crash in springtime.
23) Paris Hilton will actually
change her image and earn some respect from the media. A HIT
24) I
usually stay clear of politics in these forecasts, but my impression
is that there will be record numbers of young voters turning out to
the polls in both the primaries and general election. Adding that
to other factors and visions leads me to intuit that Barack
Obama, against current odds, will be elected as the next president
of the United States, but this is more of a guess than a prediction,
though a prediction nonetheless..
25) The Chicago CUBS will make it
to the World Series (LOL).
additional prediction added 1/5/08:
26) [Hope
this one does not occur.] A major fatal train incident
involving a chemical substance will occur in the U.S. this year.
OSCAR predictions added 2/18/08:
27) Regarding the OSCARS, I haven't
seen even one film this past year, so this is, as usual, totally
from the gut: A) Joel and Ethan Cohen will win Best Director;B) Julie Christie will win Best Actress; C) Daniel Day-Lewis will
win Best Actor; and D) No Country for Old Men will win Best Picture. A, C & D are HITS. (Missed on Best Actress -- first
miss ever for Oscar predictions.)
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