U.S. Money Supply Recently Did Something Last Witnessed During the Great Depression -- and It's Typically a Harbinger of a Big Move in Stocks

For the better part of the last two-and-a-half years, optimists have been in firm control on Wall Street. Throughout 2024 and the first seven weeks of 2025, we witnessed the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth stock-focused Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) all rally to numerous record-closing highs.However, the last six weeks have served as a necessary reminder that stocks can, and will, move in both directions.Investors are constantly on the lookout for forecasting tools and correlative measures that can accurately predict short-term directional moves in the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite. While no perfect indicator exists, a small number of metrics and events have, throughout history, strongly correlated with moves higher or lower in Wall Street's major stock indexes.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool