For stock investors, 2019 can’t get here fast enough.
One of the broadest measure of stocks, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, has been pounded in 2018 by fears stirred up by trade disputes, rising interest rates and a slowing global economy — putting it on the precipice of a bear market and on track for its worst year since 2008 during the financial crisis.
While Wall Street pros expect 2019 to be another volatile year with plenty of challenges, they also expect stocks to mount a rebound after the market’s worst December performance since the Great Depression.