Stock Market
The Middle-Aged Bull: Resilience and Records as Wall Street’s Run Defies the Three-Year Odds
The U.S. stock market stands as a testament to unexpected endurance. What began as a tentative recovery from the depths of the 2022 bear market on October 12, 2022, has matured into a powerful, multi-year secular bull run. As of December 30, 2025, the S&P 500 (INDEXSP: