Brexit u-turn, 'QE Endless' and US healthcare plunges: Ten 'outrageous predictions' for 2017

'Brexit will become Bremain'

Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment firm, has released its annual set of outrageous predictions for the year ahead, including the UK remaining in the EU, Italian banks rallying 100% and the biggest gain in bond markets in seven years.

The bank is continuing its tradition of making a selection of predictions that are controversial and aimed at provoking discussion on where might be surprising investment returns in 2017. Steen Jakobsen, chief economist at Saxo Bank, explained: "After a year in which reality has managed to surpass even seemingly unlikely calls - with the Brexit surprise and the US election outcome - the common theme for our Outrageous Predictions for 2017 is that desperate times call for desperate actions. Tech unicorns, $100 oil and recovering Brazil: Saxo Bank's 10 'outrageous predictions' for 2016 ...