Author: Mike Moffit

ECONOMY Gas prices will reach a low of $1.40/gallon and then begin a sharp rise in the summer based both on increases in the gasoline tax and increases in demand. Energy efficiency will be the mantra of US car companies and they attempt to re-invent themselves with the help of taxpayer money. Development and production…

WORLD The US will begin withdrawing troops from Iraq with less than 50,000 troops left by Christmas 2009. Troop build-up will continue until the fall when a cross-border attack with Predator drones makes a confirmed kill of Osama bin Laden. Troop strength will be reduced by Christmas with the strengthening of the Afghani government and…

POLITICS Barack Obama will embark on the most massive economic recovery in the history of the country, providing millions of new jobs and stimulating the creation of new industries for energy conservation, renewable energy product and electric cars. A new spirit of bi-partisanship will allow Congress and the White House to work together to make…

WEATHER Another good start to the winter, but temperatures will be unusually warm with little snow until mid-February with at least three dumps of over 2 feet this year. An early and dry spring will give way to a warm May and June, a wet July and a hot August. It will be one of…

SPORTS MLB Baseball: It’s this year, it really is! Chicago Cubs go all the way to the World Series and become world champs. I’m buying my traditional sports book ticket when I go to Vegas for CES next week. Count on it—this year is “next year;” Cubs over the Yankees in 6. NBA Basketball: Boston…

_Dear Friends,_ Happy 2009! When I was a child, 2000 seemed so far away that I was sure that the world would have completely changed. In 2009, we can look back to just the changes in one short year and be amazed at how time flies! Of course, the biggest change is perhaps the election…