Stock Market Signals a Rare Historical Pattern: Are Investors Prepared for What Comes Next?

Key Points The S&P 500 is on track to notch its fourth consecutive year of double-digit gains. The market is historically one of the most expensive ever witnessed. Even if a bear market is coming, selling could be worse than staying put. 10 stocks we like better than S&P 500 Index › The stock market has once again proven its resilience. Nothing it seems can derail this bull market, not sticky inflation, nor geopolitical conflict, nor fears of AI (both as an investing bubble and a threat to humanity, nor rising oil prices, nor even the Fed's first interest rate hike in three years.