(A) Two of the best-performing major economies in 2014 were China and Brazil, with growth estimated at 7.5% and 10.5% respectively. (B) Despite that limp growth,major US stock market indexes are up between 11% and 20% for the year. (C ) Even knowing where economies are headed sometimes it is of no help to an investor. (D) It is hard to anticipate the direction of financial markets. (E) But as of December, stock markets of both nations were in the red for the year. (F) By contrast, the US economy is likely to have expanded at only about 2.6% for the year. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence?
