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A streak ended this week as stock market volatility is rising … Learn how successful investors manage risk, protect gains, and capitalize on market swings.
We’re in rare air.
According to Dow Jones Market Data, the S&P 500 entered Friday on a nine-week streak of weekly gains. That has happened only four times in the last 40 years (1989, 2004, 2023, and this year).
When I sat down to write Friday morning, the market looked poised to finish the week higher once again, which would have marked 10 consecutive weeks of gains – a streak not achieved in 40 years! But the market turned south, and as I write this on Friday, it looks like we won’t get there. By the time you read this, the market’s final verdict for the week will be in.
