Happy new year, everyone!
When we can look back at 2016, we can see that it was a pretty eventful year for investors. Amid a slowing global economy, we saw China’s stock market bubble burst, oil prices crash, the introduction of negative interest rates in Japan, a growing 1MDB scandal, a surprise Brexit referendum, and the shock election of Trump – each event causing volatility for markets around the world.
So as we head into 2017, what are the macro-events that could affect our investments in the coming year? While there are many things that could happen (and some no one would be able to even predict), here are the three main things we at The Fifth Person are looking at when investing in 2017:
