It's not just Christmas decorations going up earlier these days. Fund managers and analysts are moving up their market outlooks for the new year. "Every year it gets earlier," said Cecilia Chan, HSBC's chief investment officer for fixed income in Asia. "In the past, I was asked to give a market outlook in January," and even that was moved back from as late as March as requests come in ever sooner, she said. "It's a bit strange. They assume that December is a holiday," Chan said. "People are quite complacent." The flood of reports hasn't abated even though many arrived before some major market surprises. For ... (full story)