We Just Witnessed an Ultra-Rare S&P 500 Event That's Occurred 5 Times in 55 Years -- and History Is Crystal Clear What Comes Next

It's been quite the ride for Wall Street's major stock indexes in 2025. In early April, the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), and growth stock-dominated Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) endured a short-lived crash that sent the former two firmly into correction territory and the latter into its first bear market since 2022.But over the last seven months, it's been all systems go for the stock market. The S&P 500 produced one of its strongest three-month returns in its storied history following the early April swoon, with all three indexes recently leaping to record-closing highs. In fact, the gains of Wall Street have been so pronounced that chatter of a bubble has begun picking up steam.When stock market volatility is heightened, or when stocks seemingly ascend to the heavens, it's not uncommon for investors to seek out correlative events from the past to predict where stocks might head in the future. Even though these correlations can't concretely forecast what's to come, some have a phenomenal track record of foreshadowing the future.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool