Market outlook 2015 + MORE Dec 29th

U.S. stocks are closing mostly higher in quiet trading ahead of the New Year’s holiday later this week.
Several European markets fell as Greece headed for elections that could endanger its bailout program.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 15 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 18,038 Monday.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose a point, or 0.1 per cent, to 2,090. The Nasdaq composite was flat at 4,806.
Trading was light. Volume was about two-thirds of the recent average on the New York Stock Exchange.
Russia’s ruble fell 8 per cent after a rally last week.
Benchmark U.S. crude dropped $1.12 to $53.61 a barrel in New York.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.21 per cent.
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If you’ve bought any stocks this year, you’ve probably noticed that it’s a bit of an odd time to be an investor. For most of 2014, Canada’s market did well—between January and September our main market index, the S&P/TSX Composite, was up by nearly 15%. But it’s been another story since then. Thanks to plummeting oil prices our energy-heavy market has fallen by 11.3% since September and at press time in December it was up a measly 1.7% year-to-date. The U.S. has done much better—the S&P 500 is up 10% on the year—but oil uncertainty is starting to drag their market down too. Stranger still is the fact that this correction isn’t making stocks in other sectors much cheaper. Yes, there are bargains in the energy sector if you can stomach the risk, but the sell-off hasn’t impacted other industries nearly as much as it has oil and gas.
With our market trading at 21 times earnings—that’s on the higher end of its historical average—value investors are having trouble finding bargains outside of oil and gas…

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