INTRODUCTION
Forget about Cruise Control:
From here on, the investment terrain looks a whole lot bumpier
THE FRAMEWORK
The Business Outlook:
And for the economy's next act...
The BW Economic Forecast Survey:
Numbers for 1998 as seen by 50 top economists
The Top Guru:
Allen Sinai, 1997's top prognosticator
The Washington Outlook:
The partisan battles are on their way back
Table: Key issues in 1998
Asset Allocation:
How the experts would divvy up your portfolio
Chart: Allocating your assets in a difficult year
Table: Fours ways to play the next year
Table: Mark Keller's stock picks
STRATEGIES FOR STOCKS
Stocks:
How to ride an aging bull: Carefully
Chart: The S&P, Dow, mid-caps, and small caps
H. Bradlee Perry: "I'm concerned that earnings will disappoint"
Fearless Forecasts:
Is this the year the gurus get it right?
BW Market Forecast Survey for 1998:
Forty-five pros look into their crystal balls
Top Gurus:
Bull and superbull: Still optimistic, but...
BW/Harris Poll:
Still putting their marbles on the market
Commentary:
Are these bulls farsighted--or wearing blinders?
Financial Services:
Bank shots will be trickier
Table: Savvy picks in a chancy sector
Technology:
Don't hightail it out of high tech
Table: Tech stocks to consider
Paul Wick: "Use...euphoria as an opportunity to sell"
Asia:
A daredevil's guide to Asian markets
Table: Where the trouble lies
Europe:
The craze that's sweeping the Continent: Mergers
Table: Big issues for Euro-Investors
Russia:
Pop goes the hot-air balloon
Table: What the pros are watching in Moscow
Latin America:
An emerging roller-coaster ride
Table: The lowdown on the big markets
The Global Forecasters:
Bearish? Not our pros
BW's 1998 International Market Forecast:
Fourteen globalists look ahead
Options:
Weighing your options in options
Table: How a put spread works
Table: Some option plays
Shorts:
How to soar with falling stocks
Table: Stocks that shorts see heading down
The Pros:
The $100,000 Question: What Stocks Would the Pros Buy?
Table: David Herro's portfolio
Table: Christine Baxter's portfolio
Table: David Tice's portfolio
Table: Brian Posner's portfolio
Inside Wall Street:
'Steady, mom-and-apple-pie stocks'
Tech stocks to hang on to
A Markdown on Syms?
Summit: Ripe for an assault
Eyeing a global drug connection
THE INVESTMENT SPECTRUM
Mutual Funds:
A round of applause, but no rave reviews
Table: The best returns
Table: The worst returns
Table: How the big funds fared
Table: The bond fund leaders
Table: All in all, a good year for many fund groups
Bonds:
Betting on a solid year
Chart: Falling Fast
Maria Ramirez: "I look for countries with no huge debt problems"
Real Estate:
REITs come of age
Table: Hot properties
Martin Cohen: "We will revert to predictable returns in the high teens"
Commodities:
A bushel basket of woes
Chart: El Nino may lift soybeans, but Asia is pummeling copper
Art:
Forget Picasso. Try Oursler, Goldin, Gursky, and Messager
THE INVESTMENT SCOREBOARD
U.S. Earnings Outlook:
Keeping score is getting trickier
Table: Industry group winners and losers
Table: A menu of investment opportunities
1998 Investment Outlook Scoreboard:
Complete 1997 results for 900 companies -- and predictions for the coming year (in Adobe's Acrobat .pdf format)
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