RESULTS:
17.5 out of 23 were on target for a 76% accuracy.
(This
excludes the annual jocular CUBS prediction.)
FRIEDMAN's FORECAST for 2011
released 12/31/2010
Two
more predictions (added 1/16/11): At the OSCARS, I foresee Christian
Bale will win Best Supporting Actor and David Fincher will win Best
Director.
A HIT on the Bale prediction. A MISS on the Fincher
prediciton.
Tumult in Toledo? Rancor in Raleigh?
Bedbugs in Boston? Bling in Belgium? What’s in store for 2011?
One
person more than perhaps any other may know. Mentalist Sidney Friedman
has a documented track record of 70% accuracy over 13 years of stating
predictions on shows like ABC-TV’s THE VIEW, NBC-TV’s TODAY SHOW,
and numerous local and national TV and radio shows. This includes
a near perfect record of predicting OSCAR winners, only missing one
time in that period. And since including economic foresights
two years ago, Friedman has been right on target, even with prognosticating
the exact trend of the stock market. Here he announces his completeFRIEDMAN’s FORECAST for 2011.
Even with his track record, Friedman
says, “Frankly, I didn’t hit on many of the major events of the previous
year, such as the massive oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. I did
not foresee it happening. So this shows even with my heightened intuition,
most of the future is not meant to be known and is a necessary mysterious
part of life. Still, of what I did foresee, once again my accuracy
was at 70%. Some years I’ve been higher, some years a bit lower.”
Here
is the official FRIEDMAN’s FORECAST for 2011:
1) Lady Gaga becomes a teacher at a university.
Maybe it’s just for a day or two, but she lectures at a school of
higher learning.
MOSTLY A HIT. Although it wasn't a university,
it turns out GAGA did work with school kids and sang with them on
her Thanksgiving TV special.
2) A photo surfaces showing Justin Bieber
kissing and groping with two women. One of the women is much older.
Yes, it’s blasphemes, and a lot of little girls will be upset, but
hey it’s just what I foresee.
HALF A HIT. Friedman did foresee
something scandalous occuring with the clean-demeanored pop star.
The paternity suit (which was later dropped) was a big news story
in the fall.
3) The country has wild fluctuations of warm and
cold this winter. In fact, the cold will be so numbing, Nancy Pelosi
(D) will think she had another face lift. It will be so cold they'll
freeze all spending in Washington. It will ice the tears of John Boehner
(R). All kidding aside, regardless of the cold spells, Chicago and
New York will each have a 70 degree day in February.
MOSTLY A HIT.
Winter had huge fluctuations, and the thermometer rose to the rare
60s in both Chicago and New York in February.
4) A first for a royal
wedding: Prince William and Kate Middleton invite a large group of
"commoners" (everyday people) to their wedding party. A HIT.
5) Also,
a strange illness besets Kate Middleton for a part of the year. It
will pass and all will be fine. A HIT.
6) Colin Firth wins an
Oscar for Best Actor, his first (or firth) ever. A HIT.
7) I
sense Natalie Portman winning an Oscar for Best Actress. Like Colin
Firth, it’s her first. A HIT.
8) Economically in the U.S., I sense the climate in
some ways continues to improve, slowly but surely. Here are more detailed
predictions on this. The unemployment rate drops close to 7.7%, which
is an improvement but still too high. The stock market, amid
some drastic fluctuations in springtime, has a steady rise before
a distinct drop during summer, followed by a rise again to the end
of the year. It will finish close or a touch lower than it is now.
Also, I’m sensing perhaps some kind of legislation will be passed
in Washington regarding exports/imports, probably regarding tariffs.
Additionally, by summer there will be some major news regarding the
banking industry and bad loans. Overall, there is increased optimism
mixed in with growing anger over the divide between the haves and
the have-nots, and even though there is inflation by the fall period.
But as I predicted at the end of 2008 just after the meltdown, a full
recovery from that deep pit would take 7 to 8 years of climbing. We
now have 5 to 6 more years before the U.S. is above ground. (Important:
As always, with investments, consult a financial advisor and combine
that input with your own research and intuition.)
A BUNCH OF HITS.
In spite of many economists forecasting the contrary, the unemployment
rate did drop. It was 9.4% in Dec, '10 and is now at 8.6%. It's
not the 7.7% Friedman predicted but but still he foresaw a drastic
downward trend. Friedman's predictions of stock market activity
is an absolute HIT, the THIRD YEAR IN A ROW HE HAS DONE THIS.
Friedman's statement of "increased optimism mixed in with growing
anger over the divide between the haves and have-nots" is also
a HIT, especially with the slightly improved economic numbers
along with the emergence of the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
9) This
I truly hope does not occur: A major league baseball player inexplicably
dies on the field. HALF A HIT. Sadly, Seattle Mariners
outfielder Gregory Hallman was stabbed to death in Holland.
10) I
am not precisely certain of what this is, but an explosion in the
sky is seen in the middle part of the country. A HIT. Eerily,
in the early part of the year, in Arkansas, thousands of birds fell
fromt the sky to their death. The same also occured in other
mid-country states.
11) Fraud occurs in a state lottery. A HIT.
In June in Kentucky, four people were indicted on charges of state
lottery fraud.
12) A major
bridge malfunction occurs in New York City. MAYBE A HIT. This
may have to do with the march of Occupy Movement disrupting traffic
on the Brooklyn Bridge. Also, trains from New Haven to Grand Central
were disrupted due to the Norwalk bridge malfuntion in early October.
13)
Part of either New York City or Washington D.C. goes dark, perhaps
as a result of some tremors. A TOTAL HIT. A rare east coast earthquake
measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred on August 23rd.
14) A new
and beautiful species of bird is discovered.
A HIT. On August 30th
it was announced that the first new species of bird in over 37 years was
discovered in the U.S.
15) Like last year, when I correctly foresaw
earthquake activity, there is more this year, this time in the Midwest
and eastern part of the United States. The seismic activity will
have some major affect on water. A HIT.
16) New Jersey governor
Chris Christie will be the Republican front-runner among Republicans
by year’s end heading into primary season. A TOTAL MISS. Whoops.
17) President
Obama’s approval ratings rise in the early part of the year (probably
end of January) and again in the fall. (I incorrectly predicted his
approval ratings last year. We’ll see if I am better at this in 2011.) HALF
A HIT. His ratings dropped in the early part of the year, but have
risen dramatically in the later part of the year.
18) Malicious
cyber attacks on Apple operating systems and on smartphones increases
dramatically. A HIT.
19) Blue, the number 1 and the number 5 will
be exceptionally significant this year. Not yet conclusive.
20) And
once again, I predict the CUBS will make it to the World Series. I
always predict this, and I won’t stop until it happens. So there!Wrong again! Ha.
Note: Additional Oscar predictions will be posted
in the next two weeks. One HIT, ONE MISS. (Posted at top
of page.)
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