Investors that want to cover all the bases when it comes to market risk might want to consider the very worst-case – and best-case – scenarios for stocks in 2017.
Wall Street’s predictions for the new year are out. The “base case” is for a gain of around 5% for the stock market in 2017. But a deeper dive into stock strategists’ 2017 outlook reports unearthed bearish scenarios that envision the U.S. stock market potentially declining between 10% and 30%. There’s also a bullish vision that sees stocks streaking 20% higher in the new year.
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