“Good Riddance To 2008”
So says Kim Rupert, analyst at Action Economics and she’s hardly alone in expressing that sentiment. 2008 has been the worst year for U.S. markets since 1931, with the Dow plummeting nearly 35%, the S&P 500 taking a 40% hit and the Nasdaq Composite off by close to 42%.
With those numbers recorded in the history books, it’s easy to see why people aren’t sad to see 2008 go even if the markets do seem to closing with a nice little burst of enthusiasm.
The good news is that you can expect that enthusiasm to hold and even grow gradually, but expect 2009 to start looking up bit by painful bit. Unfortunately, the key word there is “painful.”
Most analysts are expecting things to continue to get worse in 2009, at least on the surface while the economy begins a slow recovery. So that means more job cuts and high unemployment rates are likely to follow us into the New Year. That’s something just about everybody is agreeing on, even while they hesitantly put out forecasts for the next 12 months. (We all saw how their predictions worked out last time around.)
But, the main point is that overall, 2009 will be kinder to us than 2008 has been. So tonight when you’re staying up until midnight to ring in the New Year, keep your chin and your spirits up.
‘Cause tomorrow is a new day… so Happy New Year!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 — by Jeannette Di Louie, Assistant Editor of Mt. Vernon Research
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