Sentiment – Risk Appetite and Expected U.S. Equity Market Performance U.S. equity investors in May 2025 are highly risk averse, with bearish expectations for short-term returns, driven by geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties. Image: S&P Global Market Intelligence
Seasonality of Market Performance – MSCI USA August and September have historically been less favorable months for U.S. equities, with lower average performance compared to other months. Image: BofA Global Quantitative Strategy
Stock Market Performance Is it the end of the web 2.0 bubble? Image: BCA Research
Relative Equity Market Performance – USA vs. Rest of the World How long will U.S. equities continue outperform the rest of the world? Image: Topdown Charts
World Epidemics and Global Stock Market Performance This chart shows how the global stock market has performed during past world epidemics. Image: BofA Global Research
Historical Emergency Rate Cuts since 1994 and Stock Market Performance After emergency rate cuts, the table shows that the performance of the S&P 500 has been mixed. Image: LPL Research
U.S. Stock Market Performance When Market Fell > 8% in 6 Consecutive Losing Sessions This chart shows the U.S. stock market performance since 1948, when the market fell more than 8% in 6 consecutive losing sessions, with PMI > 50 and PMI < 50. Image: Fundstrat Global Advisors, LLC
World Epidemics and Global Stock Market Performance Chart showing that the impact of past world pandemics has not been significant on the global stock market. Image: Charles Schwab
2019 Market Performance Compared to 2018 Large growth, S&P 500, small growth, small caps and REITs perform best in 2019. Image: Fidelity Investments
Market Performance: Q4 2018 vs. Q4 2019 Trade optimism and accommodative central bank monetary policy have contributed to market performance in Q4 2019. Image: Fidelity Investments
U.S. Stock Market Performance During U.S. Presidential Election Years Chart showing the average performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average during U.S. presidential election years, since 1900. Image: Wells Fargo Investment Institute