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Morningstar Investment Management: Charts for Client Conversations | A New Bull Market, the Top-Heavy Stock Market, the Recession We’re All Still Waiting For, & Much More

The charts and themes that tell the current story in markets and investing.

A New Bull Market?

Optimism was in short supply entering the year with many different measures of sentiment hovering near all-time lows. Stocks didn’t share the concern.  

The tech-heavy Nasdaq put together a historic first half, finishing up 32% for its best start to the year since 1983.

 

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