How does the stock market spree of recent years stack up against history?
The U.S. stock market has ended the past six years in positive territory, leaving many investors wondering whether this bull market may be running out of steam. While the stock market gains of recent years have outpaced many previous bull markets, a few other periods in recent history have had even stronger and longer market runs.
Here’s a look at the length and strength of bull-market gains since 1947: