by Doug Fabian
About this time every year, the financial press is replete with predictions for what the market likely will do in the year ahead. This cavalcade of collective opinion was exemplified in last weekend’s edition of Barron’s, where the cover story, simply titled "Outlook 2011," featured 10 prominent market strategists and investment managers making their calls for 2011.
by Nicholas Vardy
A strange thing has been happening in global markets over the past month or so. As the U.S. recovery gathers pace, the U.S. stock market is beginning to outperform its high-growth global rivals.
by Doug Fabian
I've called 2010 the "year of volatility" for stocks, as we've been witness to some huge price swings in the market during the past dozen months. This year, however, the market also could be called the "year of the ETF." According to market-tracking firm Strategic Insight, assets in U.S.-based ETFs are rising at a pace that likely will eclipse the $1 trillion mark sometime in the first quarter of 2011.
