96% Of Institutional Investors Expect Positive S&P 500 Gains In 2015

Institutional investors mostly bullish, but most are also hedging general market risk

Institutional investors are a bullish group. A new study from investment consulting firm NEPC, LLC shows that 96 percent of all investors think 2015 will be a positive year for stocks, with 54 percent of those institutional investors expecting returns from 6 percent to 10 percent.

The most significant factor that could get in the way of this optimistic outlook would be a slowdown in global growth, a concern of 54 percent. The next most significant concern was potential for overseas conflict such as Russia or Iran, according to the NEPC Endowment & Foundation Practice...