Balentine’s annual Capital Markets Forecast is the foundation of our investment process, and the projections herein form the basis of the strategies we design to help our clients achieve their goals. This year's edition, "Risk Markets Reset: Where are the Opportunities Amid More Turbulent Times?," explores the current market environment from our traditional, long-term strategic view. Given general investor anxiety regarding the length of the current economic expansion and bull market, we take great care to define economic cycles, pinpoint where we may be in the current cycle, and evaluate what it could mean for markets going forward. In short, although December's equity market declines were unnerving, we continue to believe the expansion can continue.