How does this bull market in the S&P compare to past bull markets? In short, the economic recovery may be below average, but the stock market strength is clearly above-average. The bull market’s length is now over 1400 days. This is longer than 70 percent of all bull markets. The gain in the S&P is nearly 120 percent. This is also larger than 70 percent of prior bull market gains. The median bull market lasts just over 500 days and has a gain of about 75 percent. Go Dog Go!

Content provided by guest contributor, Rusty Vanneman, CLS Chief Investment Officer

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