Easy Money Hard to Find in '15 With Markets Cooled by China, Fed
- S&P 500 joins global equities with first loss since 2011
- Oil's rout leads commodities, resource currencies lower
S&P 500 in 2015: A Wild Ride to Nowhere
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For investors, 2015 will be remembered as a year to forget.
Little went right and plenty went wrong, including losses in global stocks, commodities and currencies. The small gains in bonds were wiped out when inflation is considered. While pockets of strength were found in places such as the dollar, South African stocks, Ukrainian bonds and some soft agricultural commodities like sugar and cocoa, it just wasn’t enough to focus attention away from the malaise that settled into markets.