Now consider the three sectors that tend to be at the top of late-bull-market relative-strength rankings: consumer discretionary, consumer staples and healthcare. Based on trailing three-month returns ...

Vanguard, the investment firm, predicts the U.S. stock market as a whole will rise by an underwhelming 3.8% to 5.8% a year ...

It took the US stock market 18 months to recover from its most recent bear market—the downturn of December 2021, which was spurred by the Russia-Ukraine war, intense inflation, and supply shortages.

A weakening US dollar, too, has fueled stocks. According to Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi, CIO of global equities for UBS Global Wealth, a depreciating dollar will persist in the second half of the year ...

If Trump's tariffs send the US economy into recession, Wall Street strategists feel the stock market rout may not be over. ... well above the historical average of 15% over any 12-month period.