Wary optimism, not great expectations, pinpoints the outlook for stocks in 2015, top equity strategists told our sister site, ThinkAdvisor, in interviews earlier this month.
Next year -- the third in the U.S. Presidential Election-Year Cycle and historically a strong one for stocks -- is pegged as a continuation of the long bull market, though a handful of significant emerging shifts could make the ride less than smooth.
“There are lots of big, pivotal changes in terms of the direction of various indicators,” says Savita Subramanian, head of U.S. equity strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. “We have the first Fed tightening in nine years, OPEC’s behavior that effectively signaled they’re playing a long game of not cutting oil production -- arguably, to stem the U.S. shale story; and a stronger U.S. dollar.”
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Jane Wollman Rusoff
Jane Wollman Rusoff is a ThinkAdvisor contributing editor specializing in interviews with thought leaders. She has written for ThinkAdvisor since its inception and was a contributing editor to Research magazine, a predecessor to ThinkAdvisor, starting in 1992.
Jane has received two AZBEE Awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. She has contributed articles to The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and Esquire, among numerous other publications.
Jane has written or co-authored five books, including three written with “Tonight” show creator Steve Allen. Jane was a staff editor with London Express Features and Billboard’s Merchandising Magazine. She has interviewed and profiled thousands of entertainment personalities, including Ray Charles, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep.
Jane is the founder of www.FamilyStarProductions.com.
