(CNBC) – Stocks saw a huge reversal on Monday as investors are trying to sort out which of the litany of market factors will have the biggest impact on their portfolios in 2019. Fears of slowing global economic growth, a hiking Fed and peak earnings have all weighed on Wall Street in recent months, putting the S&P 500 on track for its worst annual performance since 2008. Four experts weigh in on what they’ll be keeping an eye on as a volatile 2018 draws to a close.
Tudor Investment founder Paul Tudor Jones says he is feeling good about the markets in 2019 and willing to make a bullish bet on the back of buybacks and deleveraged stocks. “I can’t imagine at some time next year we won’t be up … 10 or 15 percent on the year,” says Jones, “because we still have the same buybacks we had this past year. The difference is, we’re walking in completely and totally deleveraged.” Even recently, buybacks have been a boon for stocks under pressure. Facebook’s $9 billion in additional buybacks has the stock up more than 2 percent since they were announced on Friday. READ MORE
