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S&P 500 Exits Bear Market After 1 Year: What's Next?

 
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The S&P 500 index closed at a level of 4,294 points, leaving the so-called "bear market" territory after a year in it. The formal definition of a bear market is when a major index is down more than 20% from its most recent high. A drop of more than 10% from the peak is called a correction.

 

It seems that now there is room for optimism in the markets, because usually, a bear market on Wall Street is followed by a bull market. A look at the Dow Jones market data, which has been measured since 1929, and which examines performance after the index's previous exits from bear markets, mostly conveys optimism. On average, one month after exiting a bear market, the S&P 500 rises by 1.8%. Half a year after the exit from the bearish territory, an increase of 7.9% can already be predicted, and a year after the exit there is an increase of 9.3%.

 

The S&P 500 Has Recovered, But Is the Bull Market Back?

 

History shows that a rising trend in the index after a bear market may last for many years. Since 1932, bull markets have typically lasted about five years on average, and the S&P 500 has risen an average of about 180% during each bull market.

 

But there are also exceptional situations, for example, between the years 2009 and 2020 the S&P 500 rose by more than 400%. Even before that, the bull market that started in 2002 ended five years later with an increase of over 100%, and the one that started in 1990 lasted for a decade, yielding investors over 400%.

 

Why the Bull Market May Not Be Here Yet

 

On the other hand, there are also those who are afraid of the positive sentiment, and believe that we have not yet reached the stage of the bull market.

 

The explanation for this lies in the economic data that show that inflation is still very high, at 4.9% at an annual rate, well above the Federal Reserve's target of 2%. According to the Morningstar company, the market does seem to be in good shape, and it is having a positive year, but on a closer look you can see a slightly less rosy picture. The gains in the stock market are highly concentrated, meaning they are not evenly distributed, and several stocks tilt the trend upwards.

 

The last few years have been characterized by the dominance of technology stocks, and recently the hold of high-tech has tightened even more. Eight of the largest technology and growth companies Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Tesla and Nvidia - now account for 30% of the total market value of the S&P 500 index, after at the beginning of the year they accounted for 22% of the value of the S&P500.

 

Tech Stocks Soar, But Recession Fears Could Bring Them Down

 

A market is considered healthier when more stocks rise together and history shows that broad bullish situations are often more sustainable. The bull market is really a matter of 20% of the lows we saw and if you analyze it, you see that it is a very sharp increase in a number of technology stocks, led by a limited number of companies.

 

As a result of the corona virus, a lot of money flowed into the economies of the world, and now the markets need to be compensated for all the money they have been swimming in, and there is a high probability that it will deteriorate into a recession. There is also inflation of the stock market, and that there is a lot of money from the corona in this market as well. The AI culture is gaining momentum, and we see that every time the word is added to a product, the market immediately jumps on the stock.

 

There seems to be a new hype pushing forward and pulling tech companies that were a little stuck behind it. The fear of an impending recession still exists, and one should look very suspiciously at these increases, but this feeling does not exist in the large technology companies.

 
 

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