Is the Stock Market on a Collision Course With History? More Than a Century of Data Tells the Tale.
Historic correlations bode poorly for Wall Street.
For more than two years, optimists have been running the show on Wall Street. Since 2022 came to a close, the mature-stock-powered Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth-propelled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have respectively risen by 35%, 60%, and 92% as of the closing bell on Feb. 19.
Wall Street's bull market has been fueled by a confluence of factors including:
But while catalysts have been abundant, the stock market appears to be on a collision course with history.
