The Stock Market Is on the Verge of Doing Something for the First Time in 156 Years -- and if Historical Precedent Is Accurate, a Crash May Follow
When things seem too good to be true for the stock market, they usually are.
Overview
For the better part of the last four years, Wall Street's bull market has been unstoppable. Since early June, the time-tested Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC), and technology-driven Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) have all blasted to fresh record highs.
Investors are finding no shortage of reasons to be excited about equities, including (but not limited to):
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But as the popular idiom goes, "when things seem too good to be true, they usually are."
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Originally published at www.fool.com.
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