1) The December and Year-to-Date Trends The markets have been rather lackluster since our last podcast, but there’s no denying that December has been a tale of two months. Big losses to start out the final month of the year gave way to bullish action midway through the month. The result was a Dow up about 9% for the year, but what about the rest of the markets? How did international stocks do during the month? How about bonds, gold and oil? Find out the complete recap for the month, and for the year, in today’s leadoff segment. 2) Income Strategies for the New Year What’s the key to successful income investing in 2015? If you think next year will see a continuation of the stable interest rate environment we saw in 2014 (and we do), then there will be a host of ETFs well-suited to delivering both high yields and strong capital appreciation. Find out our favorite ETF categories for income investors in 2015 in this week’s second segment. 3) My 2015 Market Forecasts
