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CFOs Have Decidedly Positive Economy Outlook on 2015

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Mark Melin
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The nation’s chief financial officers have a bright outlook on the economy – the most optimistic since just before the 2008 market crash – and a large percentage see their companies hiring more full time workers.

CFOs positive that the economy will expand in 2015

CFO’s are more positive the economy will expand in 2015 than they have been in four years, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2015 CFO Outlook. The survey culled the opinions of 603 chief financial officers with annual sales from $25 million to $2 billion and found that on a 100 point basis, the CFOs gave the U.S. economy a grade of 59, the highest level since the 2008 crash and up from...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.