It took a little over two years, but we're finally in a bull market again. On Friday, Jan. 19, the S&P 500 index closed above the high-water mark it set in the early days of 2022.

Everyone's making a big deal about returning to a bull market because another year of positive returns seems inevitable. Not including the present recovery, the S&P 500 index has recovered from losing years nine times over the past five decades. There hasn't been a recovery that lasted less than two years, and the present recovery is only a little over one year old.

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