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I wrote about new all-time highs in the stock market recently. There have been nearly 1,400 new highs on the S&P 500 since 1950.
That’s 7% of all trading days in this time.
If you’re a long-term investor, you’re going to be living through a ton of new all-time highs in your investing lifecycle.
However, you’ll also spend a lot of time in a state of drawdown. If 7% of all trading days have been ...
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On Friday the S&P 500 closed at 7,757.64.
That was a new all-time high. It was the 26th new high of 2026.
By my count, there have now been almost 1,400 new closing all-time highs since 1950. That’s roughly 20 new highs every year, on average.
So we’re a little on the high side this year but that’s to be expected during a bull market.
Investors who have stayed the course and reached new highs deserve...
