The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) is the most-followed benchmark of the stock market, and its performance over the past eight years has been monumentally strong. With the Dow having tripled since early 2009, some investors fear that the long bull market might be overdue to end, while others point to prospects for new economic growth to drive the expansion further forward. Below, we’ll look at a few things that we do know about what will happen with the Dow in 2017 as well as some predictions about things that aren’t as certain.