There are plenty of labels that could sum up the 2015 market and economy. It's been the year of the China slowdown scare, the oil bust, the rise of New Era growth stock dominance and the wait for the Fed to "lift off."
Yet, to an unappreciated degree, this was also the year that Main Street's fortunes began to improve more than Wall Street's.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch shares several methods fund managers can use to outperform the benchmark indexes.
Recession won't happen until late 2020, and in the meantime stocks are a good bet, says Credit Suisse analyst Andrew Garthwaite.
Moody's is warning that substantial trouble is ahead for junk bonds when the next downturn hits.
CNBC's Jim Cramer says there's still some life left for brick-and-mortar retailers.
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