NO War

Prediction(on 27.12.08) : There will not be any war between India & Pakistan in near future inspite of all the hysteria surrounding it.

Fate : After Pakistan accepting its partial role in Mumbai terror attacks, no chances of India-pak war in near future.

Glittering Gold

Prediction(on 27.12.08) : Gold will cross $1000 per ounce before Feb 2009.

Fate : Gold touches $1000 per ounce on Feb 20, 2009.

King v/s Badshah in 2009

Prediction(on 22.12.08) : Akshay Kumar starer Chandni Chowk to China would be a big hit while SRK starer Billoo Barber would be a dud at the Box office in 2009.

Fate : Chandni Chawk claims to have grossed 45 crores in 3 days but everyone including critics have slammed the movie big time.Billoo bombs at the box office.

RBI will strike back before the policy

Prediction(on 22.12.08) : RBI will cut the Repo rate by 100bps to 5.5% and Reverse repo rate by 100 bps to 4% before January Credit Policy. No change in CRR.

Fate : RBI cuts the Repo rate by 100bps to 5.5% and Reverse repo rate by 100 bps to 4 % on 2nd January way before Credit policy on 27th January.However, it also cut CRR by 50bps to 5%.

UK on a same path as of US

Prediction(on 22.12.08) : BOE(Bank of England) will bring the interest rates in UK close to 0 levels by February 2009.

Fate : BOE cut interest rates further by 50bps to 1.5%.On 05.02.2009, BOE further cut the rates to 1%.On 05.03.2009, BOE cuts rate to all time low to 0.5%.

Battle of Khans

Prediction(on 11.12.08) : Rab ne bana di jodi will not perform well on box office as expected.Bright chances for Ghajini to be the best film of the year 2008.

Fate : Most of the critics slammed RNBDJ including Rajiv Masand & Taran Adarsh giving it 2 stars and its not so much liked by everyone. However, RNBDJ proved to be a hit at the box office but not as great as DDLJ or Mohabbatein.
Ghajini is set to break all the records.It has already raked in 34 crores in just 2 days.It crossed 100 crore marks in a week.It has been proved highest grosser of all time claiming to have crossed 200 crores mark.

Semifinal before the Final Poll

Prediction(1 hour before the results started coming in) : Congress will be out of Delhi.BJP will preserve power in MP & CG.Tough battle in Rajasthan.

Fate : BJP preserved power in MP & CG.However, all analysts including Congress Party itself was surprised by hat tric win in Delhi.Rajasthan after the tough battle, went to Congress.

Public bank merger in India

Prediction(on 25.11.08) : You might see some form of merger amongst Indian Public banks soon, probably before Jan 2009.

Fate : Yet to be seen.

Citi may go to sleep

Prediction(on 21.11.08) : Citi bank may sell itself or may go bust before end of 2008.

Fate : Yet to be seen.

Australia in trouble ???

Prediction(on 19.11.08): After Europe & Japan, its Australia which is likely to fall into recession.

Fate : Austraila's GDP had been downgraded from 1.5% to 0.5% on 05.02.09.Negative growth yet to be seen.

Detroit cries foul

Prediction(on 10.10.08) : Trouble looms over auto industry - Possible bankruptcy by GM, Ford, Chrysler.GM may merge with Chrysler.

Fate : GM & Chrysler granted $17.4 Billion bailout package.Chrysler filed for bankruptcy on 30.04.2009

AIG, WaMu, Wachovia sinks

Prediction(on 15.09.08) : Next in the pipeline of getting bust - AIG, Washington Mutual, Wachovia Bank, UBS.

Fate : AIG got bailed out on 16.09.08, Washington Mutual acquired by JP Morgan on 26.09.08, Wachovia Bank acquired by Wells Fargo on 12.10.08.

Lehman Brothers Collapse

Prediction(on 11.09.08) : Lehman Brothers may go bankrupt anytime within this week.

Fate : Lehman Brothers went bust on 15.09.08.

IPL

Prediction(Just after Rajasthan's battings started) : Rajasthan Royals is the first IPL Champion thrashing Chennai Superkings by 4 wickets.

Fate : Rajasthan Royals became the first IPL Champion thrashing Chennai Superkings by 3 wickets.