Prediction: Consumer prices will stop rising so fast -- and some will fall.

Ah, to be young and invested in a bear market. While older stockholders are panicking as their retirement savings recede faster than their hairlines, dedicated investors in their twenties and early thirties are surprisingly placid about their money, which they don't plan on extracting for years. Some are even bullish about the current buying situation.

Is the forecast half empty or half full for next year? A divided forecast from some of the nation's top money minds.

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