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MARK-TO-MARKET: Investors celebrate first half stock market performance
The U.S. stock market has gotten off to a very strong start in 2024. In the first six months of the year, the S&P 500 stock index gained 14.5%. Since 1953, the average performance of the S&P 500 in the first half of the year is just 4.72%. The tech …