Welcome to Taipan's annual January Forecast Issue. The print version went in the mail on Monday, 13 January. The entire issue is available here, including the revised Outlook for Cyberspace. Introduction - A Message from the Publisher Perspective: Outlook for Stocks Outlook for Currencies Outlook for U.S. Markets Outlook for Politics Outlook for Latin America Outlook for Russia Outlook for Central and Eastern Europe Outlook for the Middle East Outlook for Indochina Outlook for Gold Outlook for International Bourses Outlook for Select Emerging Markets Outlook for Organized Crime Contact Info for Welt Publishing Happy New Year! Please note: Several of these documents are fairly long. You might want to consider using the Save option in your browser and reading them offline.