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Current DateTime: 10:13:25 25 May 2012
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  • Housing: Homebuilders, Home Prices and Green Homes 

      Expect foreclosures, falling home prices, green homes and homebuilders to dominate the headlines in 2008.

  • Economy: Recession, Housing and Subprime 

      Steve Liesman runs down his list of eight things to look out for in 2008. Questions for next year include whether there will be a recession, a housing bottom, and whether the government and the Fed will bailout subprime.

  • Pharmaceuticals: Mergers and Stents 

      A possible recession may benefit pharmaceutical stocks. More mergers are expected between big pharma and biotech companies. Meanwhile, new stents hitting the market could increase competition and cause stent prices to drop.

  • Media: The Writers Strike, Gaming, and Cell Phones 

      Look for more 3D movies, shifts in the way the music industry makes money and cell phones becoming a major media center in 2008. In addition, all eyes will also be watching how the writer’s strike affects the entertainment industry.

  • Markets: Financial Stocks, Hot Commodities, and Coal 

      Will 2008 be the year to buy financial stocks? Bob Pisani runs down his predictions for next year including whether ETFs will continue to grow, expected IPOs, and whether coal will make a comeback.

  • Retail: Changing Tastes 

      Look for big box retailers to go small, acquisitions by overseas buyers, a boom in accessories sales and a move away from chewable toys.

  • Emerging Markets: Will Growth Continue? 

      Emerging markets have had a five-year bull run, but will it continue into 2008? Riedel Research Group's emerging markets analyst David Riedel says these “markets are pretty strong," but a significant US recession might still have a negative effect.

  • Financial Services: Cash Or Credit? 

      Goldman Sachs stays hot, Citigroup stays together and JP Morgan Chase hits the acquisition trail. Meanwhile, look for the credit crunch and market volatility to drag on and M&A to scale down.

  • Autos: Classics, Hybrids And Smart Cars 

      Look for the return of the Dodge Challenger and Chevy Camaro, the debut of new SUV hybrid models and a spate of pint-sizes smart cars, but sales may not take off until the second half of the year when the economy is expected to improve.

  • Mergers & Acquisitions: All About The Economy 

      The pace of Wall Street deal making will turn on the health of the economy in the coming year. M&A is "all about condidence," says Andrew Ross Sorkin, CNBC contributor and New York Times reporter.

  • Commodities: Cashing In On Cash Crops 

      Elaine Kub, DTN commodities analyst, and Jeff Auxier, Auxier Asset Management, discuss what are likely to be the hot crops of 2008.  Keep an eye on corn and soybeans.

  • Stocks: Sectors Of Interest 

      Patrick Becker Jr. of Becker Capital Management and Russ Koesterich of Barclays Global Investors  discuss where to invest in the coming year. Becker likes financials and consumer discretionary while Koesterich favors health care.

  • Hot Stocks: Concrete, Coal And Ma' Bell 

      Manuel Schiffres, executive editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance, shares his stock picks with Erin Burnett. Find out why Cemex, Consol Energy, and AT&T are on his list.

  • Cramer: Having A Gas 

      "Mad Money's" Jim Cramer says 2008 is likely to be the year of natural gas, whose prices have lagged crude oil and others, and Anadarko Petroleum is the way to play it.

  • Crude Oil: Slippery Slope For Prices 

      Oil could fall to $60 a barrel by the end of the first quarter, Lynn Westfall, Tesoro Chief Economist, tells "Fast Money," as global demand slows and OPEC members exceed their quotas.

  • Private Equity: From Boom To What? 

      John Cole from Ernst & Young and Mario Levis from Cass Business School review 2007 and discuss what to expect from the buyout business in 2008.

  • Emerging Markets: Eye On India 

      Praefinium Group's Alpesh Patel tells Jeff Cutmore that his firm has half a billion dollars to invest in India over the next couple years via a number of asset classes if the right opportunities present themselves.

  • Economy: Recession In The Cards 

      Dick Berner, Morgan Stanley's chief U.S. economist, says Fed interest rate cuts won't avert a mild recession in the year ahead, as both consumer and capital spending slow.



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