5 Big Economic Trends That Will Affect Your Money in 2018

On a day-to-day basis, Wall Street seems to have the attention span of a gnat. One day, stocks sell off because of perceived gridlock in Washington or another crisis in North Korea. The next day, equities are just as likely to rebound because iPhone sales are going through the roof or [f500link]Amazon[/f500link] just found another industry to disrupt.

It all sounds random. But over time, there's a method to the market's madness.