Jordan Kessler, son of trader Glenn Kessler, uses his father's mobile phone and badge on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange November 28, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Sometimes the best way to understand the future is to look to the past.

US Trust's Chief Market Strategist Joseph P. Quinlan has put together a list of the top 10 macroeconomics lessons from 2014 in order to show what investors should watch next year.

"We thought it might be instructive to look back, not forward, at some of the lessons of 2014," Quinlan said. "It helps to understand the twists and turns of the past when peering into the future."

Check them out.