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Is the Bear Hibernating….or Just Resting?
Last Thursday the S&P 500 closed above the threshold that marked its exit from the longest bear market since 1948. To be clear, this was not the worst bear market in terms of percentage declines, but it was the longest in terms of days; this bear market lasted 248 trading days. Now, investors are questioning: “Are we really out of the bear market or is this just a head fake?”