Dow 36,000? So much for predictions

Courtesy MSN Money Latest Articles  Mon, 12/28/2009 - 19:38

A decade ago, some stock market soothsayers forecast that the 2000s would bring staggering gains. Even more staggering now is how wrong they were.


 

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