10 Best Leveraged ETFs Of The 10-Year Bull Market
Zacks Investment Research | Mar 06, 2019 10:05PM ET
The U.S. bull market will turn 10 on Mar 9 with more room to run. The S&P 500 Index has quadrupled, rallying more than 300%, from the bear-market bottom of 676.53 hit on Mar 9, 2009 — representing the longest bull market in history. However, it is not the strongest as the stock prices in the 1990s bull market increased 417% at the peak, more than 100 percentage points above the current bull market.
While record stock buybacks and all-time high dividends have been the key catalysts, stronger corporate earnings and tax reforms have boosted the longevity of the bulls lately. The trend is likely to continue for another year with major bourses showing strength on hopes of a trade deal, dovish Fed and improving Chinese economic health. However, global slowdown concerns and geopolitical tensions continue to block the roads of the bull (read: Zacks Investment Research
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