Secular Market Trends: Bull and Bear Markets

Published on January 6, 2025

The S&P 500 real monthly averages of daily closes reached a new all-time high in December 2024. Let's examine the past to broaden our understanding of the range of historical bull and bear market trends in market performance.

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