This Is, Officially, the 2nd-Priciest Stock Market in 154 Years -- and There's No Mistaking What Comes Next for Stocks, Based on History

Over multidecade periods, history has consistently shown that stocks are the premier wealth creator. While other asset classes, such as real estate and bonds, have generated nominal gains for investors, nothing has come close to matching the average annual return of stocks over long timelines.Despite some historic volatility in early April following President Donald Trump's introduction of his tariff and trade policy, the widely followed S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), and innovation-fueled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have all been off to the races over the last six months and change.Seeing the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq Composite hit multiple record-closing highs in a year is nothing new. But stock valuations are an entirely different story.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool