2024 has been an excellent year for stocks. If you want a confirming fact: The S&P500 has been up +23.36% YTD to Nov 20^th, 2024. Yet, what can investors expect from owning stocks, going forward?

Our Chief Equity Strategist and Economist, John Blank, is here with the answer.

1. That’s the $64 thousand dollar question. What can investors expect for U.S. stocks going forward? Continued rally?

2. What supports that?

3. What role do you expect earnings to play going forward?

4. What about volatility?

5. Do you see Fed Chairman Powell’s recent signal that the Fed won’t hurry to make interest rate cuts as a negative for stocks?

6. What about Nvidia’s earnings results relative to the AI trade?

7. What’s your 2025 S&P 500 target?

8. Which sectors do you expect to lead the market going into the New Year?

9. What do you see for international stocks?

10. More Large Cap, Strong Buy, stocks on your radar include Ingredion (INGR Quick QuoteINGR - Free Report) , Celestica, Inc. (CLS Quick QuoteCLS - Free Report) , and Leonardo DRS Inc. (DRS Quick QuoteDRS - Free Report) .

Our Chief Equity Strategist and Economist, John Blank, on stocks. With John, I’m Terry Ruffolo.