2018 Investment Outlook: Good, But Not as Good

While 2018 will have a difficult time living up to 2017’s stellar returns, we believe the markets should still have a more-than-decent showing. Central to this generally optimistic view of the markets is our expectation that the global economy is fairly healthy. Broad-based synchronized growth, which began in 2017, should continue into 2018 and deliver real gross domestic product growth of 2.7% in the U.S. and 3.8% globally. With that growth, financial markets should be positioned to deliver a solid year of returns.