| With heightened volatility and uncertainty last year, the U.S. stocks logged in the worst performance since 2008. The S&P 500 index ended 2015 marginally in red and Dow Jones posted its first annual decline since 2008.
The woes started with the relentless slide in crude oil, political turmoil in Greece, a strong dollar, weak corporate earnings, lofty valuations and Fed uncertainty, and then extended to geopolitical tensions and global growth concerns, especially emanating from China. However, the Nasdaq Composite was up 5.7% at the close of the year. This suggests that the broad-based performance of the stocks was not ugly...............................................Full Article: Source
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