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.
Thomas Atteberry
Portfolio manager, First Pacific Advisors
Optimism score: 4
"Consumers now have to cut debt. How do you do that? You either sell your house or spend less than you make. Either way, it's going to result in a slower-growing economy."
Prediction: GDP won't grow discernibly until the second half of the year.
NEXT: Economy: Half empty
Last updated November 04 2008: 9:13 AM ET