With 2016 still fresh in most investors' minds, and questions about 2017 pressing, here is a summary, courtesy of Goldman's Allison Nathan, of where Goldman believes we closed out 2016, what is in store in the coming year, and ultimately, "what keeps Goldman up at night" about 2017.
2016, and a peek at 2017
One year ago, when looking at the 20 most popular stories of 2015, we admitted that it was difficult to find a coherent theme of the key events that shook the world, and which you, our readers, found most interesting and notable:
Submitted by Paul Brodsky via Macro-Allocation.com,
Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute,
In the spirit of New Year’s, here are four resolutions for President-elect Trump and Congress that will enable them to really make America great again:
Via MauldinEconomics.com,
The dots that the FOMC members contribute to the plot indicate their expectations for the federal funds rate.
Technically, it’s what they think rates should be, not a prediction of what rates will be on those dates. Is that a forecast? You can call it whatever you like. I think “forecast” is close enough.
But before we analyze the whatever-you-call-it, let’s look back at the not-so-distant past.
A 5% risk-free return
Here’s a rate history of the last 16 years: