The Newest History-Making Moment for the S&P 500 Can Serve as a Dire Warning for Wall Street and Investors

Volatility is the price of admission investors pay for access to the world's greatest long-term wealth creator, the stock market. While other asset classes have produced nominal gains over time, none have come close to matching the long-term average annual return of stocks.In early April, shortly after President Donald Trump unveiled his tariff and trade policy, the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) plunged into a full-blown correction, while the growth stock-propelled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) entered (briefly) into a bear market. Seven months later, all three major indexes have respectively logged multiple record-closing highs.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool