This Is, Officially, the 3rd Priciest Stock Market in Over 150 Years -- and There's No Mistaking What Comes Next for Stocks, Based on History

Investors have endured one of the bumpiest rides on record through the first nearly seven months of the year.In early April, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) navigated its steepest two-day percentage decline since 1950, with the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) dipping into its first bear market in three years. Since bottoming out on April 8, both indexes have rallied to multiple record-closing highs, with the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) a stone's throw away from logging its first all-time closing high since December.While it would appear that the bulls are in firm control, with no end in sight to the current bull market, history would beg to differ.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool