8 Stock Market Predictions for the Second Half of the Year
The first half of 2020 was a wild ride for investors.
What was barely a news story in the beginning of the year erupted into a global catastrophe as the coronavirus pandemic rocked investors around the world. Amazingly, the U.S. stock market isn't much changed from where it started the year. The S&P 500 finished the first half of 2020 down just 4%, with the broad market index gaining a record 20% in the second quarter.
Venturing a guess as to what will happen in the second half of the year may be a fool's errand in the current climate of uncertainty, but that's never stopped prognosticators before. Keep reading to see eight predictions for what could play out in the stock market and the greater economy in the remainder of 2020.
Source Fool.com
