My 3 Biggest Stock Market Predictions for January
Most of the time, most investors' focus should be on the long term That's not to say, however, that long-term investors should simply ignore any and all real-time developments. Important long-term changes can happen in an instant. You have to be ready and willing to respond, if merited.
With this in mind, here's a rundown of three major things looming in the short-term pipeline that are likely to shake things up for stocks in a bigger-picture way.
Astute students of the market may already realize that while the past five years have been great ones for the broad market, they've only been great for -- and because of -- growth stocks. Specifically, since the beginning of 2017, growth stocks have outpaced the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) by gaining an incredible 173%, while value names have only hammered out a gain of 58% for the five-year stretch.
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