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Who doesn’t love a good prediction? The notion that somebody can divine the future — and that we might profit from such soothsayers — is irresistible. Unfortunately, nobody has a crystal ball. That fact often becomes plainly evident this time of year when we look back at “expert” predictions and find that most of them turned out to be little more than fairy tales. Last year’s stock market…