It's time once again for annual predictions from Doug Kass of Seabreeze Partners. Don't scoff'; the guy has been right about a lot of stuff, including timing the bottom of the market in March. This set of predictions may surprise some of you.

They run the gamut from Goldman Sachs going private to Tiger Woods reconciling with his wife and having another kid (Sarah Palin...not so much). While I can't say I agree with all 20 predictions, he definitely gets paid more than I do to make them, so do with that what you will.

As far as actionable info, he seems to think gold drops back to $900 an ounce. While I have a hard time believing that, I'm no longer long gold but I have started building a position in silver. The disparity between gold and silver is at an all-time high, and I think silver has to catch up. I'm predicting silver will hit $30 an ounce in 2010. And at-the-money $17 SLV calls good through January 2011 are only $260 each - a screaming buy in my opinion.

Kass also predicts the Fed will raise interest rates .50% at some point next year, in reaction to the Chinese central bank responding to inflation. He thinks the dollar will do very well against other world currencies, but he thinks the stock market will drop 10%. And he's bearish on housing and unemployment.

Overall, he has very well-reasoned arguments for each of his predictions. Any predictions WSO members would like to make?