Now that we’ve swept 2009 away, what’s 2010 going to bring our way?

The wire ser­vices seems unusu­ally quiet this New Year’s Day. It seems that very few are stick­ing their necks out with finan­cial pre­dic­tions for small busi­nesses. Have they all grown so unac­cus­tomed to head­lines like, “Wall St closes out ’09 with best gains since 2003, Job­less claims hit 17-​month low and WaMu says tax refund may dou­ble, shares soar.“

A few brave souls ven­tured some guess, and here a few, good ones with points for us to con­sider between ball games today:

1. Dan Elder, busi­ness coach and man­age­ment con­sul­tant with Busi­ness Growth Accel­er­a­tors, shares his views of Energy Prices,Consumer Spend­ing, credit, real estate and infla­tion in 2010.
2. 10 work­place trends for 2010 by Heather Huh­man at Exam​iner​.com has much to impart about employ­ers and emply­ees in the near future.
3. While on the web­site, take a moment to read Steve Beseke’s post, “Your Day In A More Real­is­tic Way — So Long 2009!” Be nim­ble, adapt­able and more real­is­tic 2010.
4. You may want to be aware that Fred­die Mac sees rates headed to 6 per­cent by end of 2010.
5. Finally here are 10 things small busi­nesses can learn for 2010.

Have a very happy and pros­per­ous 2010.