3 Reasons Stock Market Optimism Always Wins Out
For many people, 2020 has been the worst year ever. Yet the stock market's doing well, and that has a lot of investors confused. Why the disconnect?
There's a lot that goes into stock market behavior. In general, though, there are a few things that give the market its positive trend -- and reasons why stocks can keep rising even when bad news seems to be everywhere.
The stock market's optimism came through again on Thursday. Early on, it looked like there'd be another losing day for the major market benchmarks. Yet by the end of the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) were all up, with the Nasdaq leading the way higher.
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