Many investors may think a market high is a signal stocks are overvalued. However, they may be surprised to find that the average returns one, three, and five years after a new month-end market high are similar to those after months that ended at any level.
• In looking at all monthly closing levels between 1926 and 2022 for the S&P 500 Index, 30% of them were new highs.
• After those highs, the annualized returns ranged from almost 14% one year later to more than 10% over the next five years, which were close to average returns over any period of the same length.
Stocks are priced to deliver a positive expected return for investors, so reaching record highs regularly is the outcome one would expect.
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