This past month the Marketplace sat down with Bill Lockhart and Aaron Lockhart of Edward Jones Financial Advisors to discuss recent and future market trends. Marketplace: By most measures, 2017 was a pretty good year for investors. What can we expect in 2018? Bill: From early 2016 through 2017 the stock market grew by 50%. That’s a tough act to follow, and it’s difficult to precisely predict the future of the financial markets. The trends point to improved economic growth w