A Rare Signal for the S&P 500 -- Its 15th in the Last 75 Years -- Points to the Stock Market Skyrocketing Over the Next 5 Years

This may well be one of the most bullish possible signs for Wall Street.

May 24, 2025 - 08:30

A Rare Signal for the S&P 500 -- Its 15th in the Last 75 Years -- Points to the Stock Market Skyrocketing Over the Next 5 Years

For well over a century, the stock market has served as the premier wealth creator for investors. Though other asset classes, such as real estate, Treasury bonds, gold, silver, and oil, have increased in nominal value, nothing has come particularly close to matching the annualized return that stocks have brought to the table for more than 100 years.

But just because stocks have demonstrated they're a bona fide long-term moneymaker, it doesn't mean equities get from Point A to Point B in a straight line.

In April, the mature stock-driven Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth-oriented Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) showed that markets can, indeed, move in both directions.