Many of the themes and issues that determined financial market returns in 2012 may well return for an encore in the new year.
With only a little more than two weeks left to go in 2012, investors already are looking ahead to the new year, with all of its risks and opportunities.
At AlphaNow, we tend to side with the historians who argue that to understand where you may be going next, it helps to know where you have been. Given that many pundits believe that many of this year’s trends – the cycling between “risk on” and “risk off” moods in the financial markets, the involvement of central banks in shaping returns, the various fiscal crises in Europe and the United States – will return for a repeat performance in 2013, we have put together a series of Datastream charts that we hope will provide you with a look back at the events of 2012 that will be of help as you begin planning for the new year.
And, of course, this “Charts of the Year” article brings with it our best wishes for the holiday season and for 2013.
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