At a discussion with a key group of Asia's most powerful private banks in Singapore yesterday Monday, we ended the discussion by getting a show of hands on various predictions for 2004. The nine who participated were American Express Private Bank Bank Sarasin-Rabo BNP Paribas Private Bank Citigroup Private Bank Credit Suisse Private Banking Dresdner Private Bank MeesPierson UBS and Global Strategies not a private bank, but an advisory firm for private clients.
Here are the seven questions we asked and the results
Will gold be higher at year end than today
Yes 9
No 0
Will the Fed raise rates in 2004
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