FYI: he stock market has basically gone nowhere for a while now. According to the sharp team over at Bespoke Investment Group, the S&P 500 has crossed the 2100 level to the upside 25 times over the past 18 months.
Investors can start to get fidgety during these slow periods where stocks seem to fluctuate but not make much progress. The thing is, stock market returns have always been lumpy. Historical returns always look great on paper, but the actual experience of living through them is never really close to the average results. Average is typically the exception, not the rule.
Regards,
Ted
http://awealthofcommonsense.com/2016/07/stock-market-returns-are-lumpy/
