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The AI stock bubble will burst within about a year, i.e. by the end of September 2027 (moved up from his earlier 2028 base case).
“the bubble in AI may burst sooner than later.”AIMarkets
Who gets the future right?
A public record of predictions made by well-known people: their exact words, when they said them, and how things turned out.
Scorecard
| Person | Category | Predictions | Scored | Accurate | Late | Partial | Wrong | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Ackman | Investor | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| Cathie Wood | Investor | 23 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 37% |
| Jeremy Grantham | Investor | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 50% |
| Jim Cramer | Commentator | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15% |
| Marc Andreessen | Investor | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 75% |
| Masayoshi Son | Investor | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Michael Burry | Investor | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 56% |
| Michael Saylor | Crypto figure | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 36% |
| Mohamed El-Erian | Economist | 17 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 71% |
| Peter Schiff | Investor | 27 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 24% |
| Peter Thiel | Investor | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10% |
| Ray Dalio | Investor | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40% |
| Robert Kiyosaki | Commentator | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 33% |
| Vinod Khosla | Investor | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17% |
| Warren Buffett | Investor | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75% |
Accuracy counts accurate as 1, late or partial as ½, inaccurate as 0. Pending predictions don't count.
Predictions
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Real GDP growth will regularly exceed 7% a year at some point between late 2029 and September 2031, driven by AI.
“We think that during the next three to five years, we will be seeing regularly and perhaps on average growth north of 7%”EconomyAI
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Democrats will do well in the November 3, 2026 US midterm elections.
“I think the Democrats will do well enough in the midterms, in a month and a half, that they will be indifferent to a center-left vs. far-left presidential candidate”ElectionsPolitics
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Oil prices will fall to roughly $30-35 per barrel within the next few years (by about 2029).
“During the next few years, we would not be surprised to see the oil price drop back toward ~$30-35 per barrel”Energy
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By the end of 2030, the IT services and business process outsourcing (BPO) industries will have disappeared, replaced by AI.
“By 2030, there will be no such thing as IT services or BPO, they will be gone.”EconomyAI
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By 2050, AI-driven near-free goods and services will mean people no longer need jobs to live.
“By 2050, it'll be very clear that nobody needs jobs because with enough production of goods and services that are near free, you won't need jobs.”EconomyAI
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Bitcoin's return will be two to three times the S&P 500's return over the four to eight years from February 2026 (by February 2034).
“I think Bitcoin is going to double or triple the performance of the S&P over the next four to eight years.”CryptoMarkets
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A major US dollar and sovereign-debt crisis, bigger than the 2008 financial crisis, will hit by the end of 2027.
“Gold and silver are warning about a bigger crisis that's gonna hit either later this year or maybe next year.”EconomyMarkets
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US real GDP growth will accelerate in the second half of 2026 compared with the first half.
“Thereafter, deregulation and other fiscal stimuli should turbocharge the impact of lower interest rates and accelerate GDP growth during the second half of 2026.”Economy
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Silver will open at $100 per ounce on January 5, 2026 and go on to all-time highs.
“I predict: Silver opens tomorrow at $100 and goes to all time highs.”Markets
Accurate ●●●●●
Silver will rise above $100 per ounce during 2026.
“I believe silver will go through $100 in 2026… possibly $200 an ounce.”Markets
Accurate ●●●●●
Silver (then about $75/oz) will break above $100 an ounce during 2026.
“Regardless of a potential correction, the price should break above $100 next year. This time it is different.”Markets
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During 2026 the Federal Reserve will expand its Treasury purchases beyond $40 billion a month.
“Sometime next year, maybe even the first half of next year, they're going to end up expanding that to more than $40 billion”EconomyMarkets
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The UK Conservative Party will not recover to win back power in the coming decade (through 2035).
“The Tory party in the UK is probably completely past the point of no return.”PoliticsElections
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Bitcoin's total market value will exceed gold's by the end of 2035.
“There's no doubt in my mind, bitcoin will be a larger asset class than gold by the year 2035.”Crypto
Pending ●●●●●
Bitcoin will reach $250,000 during 2026.
“My target price for Bitcoin is $250,000 in 2026.”Crypto
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Within a year of October 2025, the US interest-rate debate will shift from rate cuts to rate rises.
“We are going to reach a moment in the next year where the conversation will shift from lower interest rates to rising rates”EconomyMarkets
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Major banks such as Citi and BNY Mellon will begin offering bitcoin custody during 2026.
“I think in 2026, we’ll start to see some of these major banks, like Citi and BNY Mellon, start to custody bitcoin,”BankingCrypto
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Bitcoin will rise about 30% a year to roughly $20 million per coin by 2045.
“My long-term forecast — as it goes up about 30% a year for the next 20 years — we’re headed toward $20 million bitcoin,”Crypto
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Bitcoin will reach $1 million per coin by the end of 2033 (four to eight years from October 2025).
“I don’t know why it won’t grind up to a million dollars a coin over the next four to eight years,”Crypto
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Bitcoin will be priced at about $150,000 at the end of 2025.
“Our expectation right now is [at the] end of the year it should be about $150,000.”Crypto
Pending ●●●●●
By about 2035 a small number of artificial-superintelligence leader companies will generate value equal to at least 5% of global GDP (around ¥1,300 trillion).
“I believe that 10 years from now, a small number of ASI leaders will be generating value on a scale equivalent to at least 5% of global GDP—around ¥1,300 trillion.”AIEconomy
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The 2030s will see a higher rate of Fortune 500 companies failing or dropping off the list than any previous decade.
“One of my predictions is the 2030s will see a faster rate of demise of Fortune 500 companies than we've ever seen”EconomyAI
Pending ●●●●●
By the end of the 2030s, almost every household (in developed markets) will have a humanoid robot at home.
“almost everybody in the 2030s will have a humanoid robot at home”TechnologyAI
Pending ●●●●●
By mid-2030, AI will be able to do 80% of the work of any economically valuable job humans do.
“Within the next five years, any economically valuable job humans can do, AI will be able to do 80% of it”AIEconomy
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Bitcoin will not enter another crypto winter (bear market) after June 2025.
“Winter is not coming back,”Crypto
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The spring-2025 US stock market correction will not become a bear market (a 20%+ closing decline in the S&P 500) and will turn into a broader bull market.
“we believe the current equity market correction is likely to stop short of a bear market and will evolve into a broader-based healthier bull market”Markets
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Silver will double to about $70 per ounce during 2025.
“I believe silver will 2X… possibly $70 this year.”Markets
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By the end of 2035, Bitcoin will exceed $1 million, gold will reach $30,000 and silver $3,000 per coin.
“I strongly believe, by 2035, that one Bitcoin will be over $ 1 million, Gold will be $30,000, and silver $3,000 a coin”MarketsCrypto
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The Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at most once in 2025.
“I think if we're lucky we'll get one rate cut, not four, and it wouldn't surprise me if we get none”Economy