4 Bold Predictions for the Stock Market in 2021

Each year, I like to make a few bold, but realistic, predictions of how the stock market could perform. My track record is pretty decent. Just to name a few examples from my 2020 bold predictions article, I forecast that we'd see the first recession in a decade and that interest rates would plunge.

Clearly, I didn't have a crystal ball that predicted the COVID-19 pandemic. I simply felt that after about 10 years of the stock market essentially going straight up, there was more that could go wrong than right. I wasn't right about everything. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) didn't make any massive acquisitions, and there wasn't a ton of M&A activity in the financial sector.

Now that 2020 is (finally) coming to a close, it's time for another look into the future. With that, here are four bold predictions for the stock market in 2021.

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