At the end of each year, the big financial media outlets typically conduct roundtables to get outlooks from key players in the financial markets.  Over the past few years, the individuals that run the best financial blogs and websites have become key players in their own rights, and their opinions are highly regarded by millions of loyal readers.  Below is our 3rd annual Bespoke Roundtable with some of the major names in the online financial community, and it is all available for free to anyone with Internet access!

 

Nine of the most popular financial blogs/websites agreed to participate in the roundtable.  Each participant was asked to respond to the same 37 questions regarding their 2012 outlooks and their take on 2011.  Once again we got some incredibly insightful commentary from the participants, and we believe that readers will thoroughly enjoy browsing through their responses. 

 

Below is a list of our roundtable participants.  Please click on their individual 2012 Roundtable links to view their answers to our questions.  We encourage you to visit their websites as well if you have not already done so. 


A Dash of Insight - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

ETF Prophet - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

Footnoted.org - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

Investment Postcards - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

The Kirk Report - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

Random Roger - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

The Reformed Broker - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

VIX and More - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A




Below we have created a matrix highlighting prognostications for various asset classes in 2012.  Not all participants took part in this section of the Q&A, but the ones that did are included in the matrix below.  As shown, the consensus view is that the S&P 500 will be up in 2012, the long bond and corporates will be down (yield up), junk bonds will be up, both gold and oil will be up, US home prices will be up, and China's stock market will be up.  Based on the majority of responses, our Roundtable has risk on in 2012!















A big thanks to all of our roundtable participants for taking the time to answer our long set of questions!  Below we provide links to their individual responses once again.  Happy New Year!


A Dash of Insight - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

ETF Prophet - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

Footnoted.org - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

Investment Postcards - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

The Kirk Report - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

Random Roger - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

The Reformed Broker - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

VIX and More - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A

Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 2012 Bespoke Roundtable Q&A