What are you looking at? It’s the arc of US stock market history over the past century, expansions in blue, downturns in magenta, recoveries in aquamarine. Expansions are defined as the period after ...
The S&P 500, a benchmark for the overall U.S. stock market, has been in bull market territory since October 2022. The S&P 500 has returned an average of 184% during past bull markets, but the index ...