Correct: E
Rationale:
A. analysts, who predicted
-- does not make sense with "contrary to," as the second half of the sentence describes a situation/reality instead of an equivalent of "analysts"
B. analysts, whose predictions
-- same as why A is wrong
C. analysts and their predictions
-- not parallel with 2 things vs 1 at the end
D. analysts' predicting
-- awkward wording
E. analysts' predictions
-- reasonable parallelism
