China’s Manufacturing Weakens, Global Equities Start 2019 in Retreat
After the worst December since 1931 and the worst year since the financial crisis, stocks enter 2019 hobbled. The S&P 500 (SPX) will begin trading at 2,505 in 2019 after finishing down 6.2% in 2018, and down 9.6% in December alone. Some strategists and analysts are of the opinion that the disconnect between the economy and…

