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Stocks keep extending a multi-year bull run despite bad news

The market’s current streak has stretched for more than six years, marking the strongest run in over 25 years, according to MarketWatch.

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MarketWatch argues that staying invested has been rewarded even as headlines turned negative, noting that bull markets tend to keep rising despite persistent worries.

The outlet points to the past six years as a stress test for investors, highlighting that the stock market’s current advance is its strongest run in more than 25 years.

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MarketWatchWhy it pays to stay invested: No amount of bad news could stop the stock market’s strongest run in more than 25 years
MarketWatchWhy it pays to stay invested: No amount of bad news could stop the stock market’s strongest run in more than 25 years

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