This Was the Kind of Week Morgan Stanley Sees Going Away in 2018

  • Morgan Stanley, AllianceBernstein expect a VIX pick-up in 2018
  • S&P has gone 68 sessions without rising or falling 1 percent

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on Dec. 15, 2017. 

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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When historians look back on the 2017 stock market, it will be weeks like this that they remember. Three up days, two down, volatility nowhere in sight, and a wire-to-wire gain of less than 1 percent.

According to Morgan Stanley, all that’s about to change.