Let's assume that you have invested some serious time and effort in
research of major stock market indices covering stocks, bonds, commodities and real estate and have the best ETFs identified.
Tom Wynn, director
of affluent
research at Spectrem, provided several factors for the increased confidence: the steady improvement in job growth, the steady increase in the
major stock market indices since the spring, and a decrease in political ambiguity with the election season over, which has an effect on at least some people's outlook.