One fund manager anticipates more trouble ahead for global markets as trade talks and Brexit tensions play havoc with international equities.

The best investment bet in 2018, was fixed deposits, which managed to yield a decent 7-8 per cent, while equities barely managed to fetch 5 per cent. The broader markets of course collapsed and had you to invest at the start of 2018, you would have lost significant amounts in equities. Gold has ended the year almost flat. That leaves us with a question: Where to invest in 2019? Let us take a look.

Last quarter, the scene for stocks got progressively uglier, highlighted by an unusually weak December. In 2019, expectations are for the S&P 500 to suffer significant losses at some point, after having completed a five-wave bullish sequence off the 2009 low. The first major downside target arrives at the 2009 bull-market trend-line.

ANALYSTS in the capital market have said that the equities market will record bouts of gains this week after a mixed performance in the last week of December.

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) – Equities research analysts at Cormark issued their Q1 2020 earnings per share estimates for National Bank of Canada in a report issued on Wednesday, December 5th, according to Zacks Investment Research. Cormark analyst M. Grauman forecasts that the financial services provider will earn $1.66 per share for the quarter. Cormark also issued estimates for National Bank of Canada’s Q2 2020 earnings at $1.67 EPS, Q3 2020 earnings at $1.70 EPS and Q4 2020 earnings at $1.72 EPS.

Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) – Equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group reduced their FY2019 earnings per share estimates for Dollar General in a report issued on Tuesday, December 4th, according to Zacks Investment Research. Jefferies Financial Group analyst C. Mandeville now forecasts that the company will earn $6.02 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $6.10. Jefferies Financial Group also issued estimates for Dollar General’s Q4 2019 earnings at $1.88 EPS.

After a decade of achingly slow rebuilding following the 2008 collapse, markets are suddenly seeing their worst returns in ten years.

Global shares plunged in the fourth quarter. A toxic mix of slowing economic growth, an ongoing trade war between the US and China, as well as political instability in Europe poisoned risk appetite across the equity space. However, it seems to have been the Fed’s dogged determination to normalize monetary policy that set the stage for markets to truly care about these headwinds.

Energous Corporation (WATT) had a rough trading day for Friday December 28 as shares tumbled 16.62%, or a loss of $-1.17 per share, to close at $5.87. After opening the day at $6.90, shares of Energous Corporation traded as high as $7.25 and as low as $5.76. Volume was 7.15 million shares over 24,901 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 26.09 million.

Select Income REIT (SIR) had a rough trading day for Friday December 28 as shares tumbled 56.81%, or a loss of $-9.93 per share, to close at $7.55. After opening the day at $8.25, shares of Select Income REIT traded as high as $8.25 and as low as $7.44. Volume was 1.57 million shares over 9,216 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 89.55 million.