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Byron Wien's 2016 predictions are out, but let's take a look back at his 2015 predictions

Jan 7, 2016, 02:03 IST

Brendan McDermid/Reuters

At the beginning of each year, Blackstone Group Vice Chairman Byron Wien releases his 10 annual "surprises"in the markets and economy. His 2016 list just came out.

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The Wall Street legend selects 10 things he thinks have a better than 50% likelihood of happening, but the consensus would only give a one-in-three chance.

Wien has been making the predictions for 30 years, and they are widely read by investors when they are released.

We decided to look back on Wien's predictions for 2015 and grade how he did. We gave him one point if his prediction proved true, half a point if it got some aspects correct, and no points if it was totally wrong.

So check out below to see what Wien got completely right, what he got totally wrong, and what he hit about half and half.

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