10 market pros take on 2009
What's in store for your money next year? Here's the divided forecast from some of the nation's top money minds.
Stock market: Half full
Brian Wesbury
Chief economist, First Trust Advisors
Optimism score: 9
"When the pessimism is so thick that you can cut it with a knife, that's when great fortunes can be made by people who are willing to be contrarian and invest in things that nobody else wants to."
Prediction: The Dow will hit 13,250 by year-end.
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Last updated November 04 2008: 9:13 AM ET
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