Just how frothy is America’s stockmarket?

I t’s the most wonderful time of the year, and for investors in America’s stockmarket that is saying something. They have had a marvellous 2024, as share prices that had already soared in 2023 just kept on going. The S&P 500 index of large firms is now 54% higher than it was two years ago, a winning streak it has bettered just a handful of times since its inception in 1957. To be sure, there have been jitters along the way. The most recent came on December 18th, when share prices fell by 3% in a single day after the Federal Reserve predicted it would cut rates by less than the market expected in 2025. Yet share prices have recovered a little since and the mood is still upbeat. Stockmarkets elsewhere in the world have also raced higher; America’s has left them in the dust.

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https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/12/22/just-how-frothy-is-americas-stockmarket

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