The authors concentrate their attention on the future perspectives of financial markets. But on the other hand the investors, in order to make efficient investment decisions, should know the real situation in financial markets. The purpose of the article is to analyze the situation in the global financial markets, as well as their development trends in the future. In order to reach the purpose the authors perform the analysis of financial markets, considering results of main asset classes, evaluating the EPS growth and the level of risk in global equity and commodity markets and examining other important factors, which affect the financial markets and the investments in different financial instruments.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/bm.2016.23