We're officially in the 2nd-largest bull market since World War II

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September 19, 2017 10:21 PM

The bull market in the S&P 500 index on Monday officially became the second-strongest since World War II.

We're officially in the second-largest bull market since World War II.

A week ago Monday, the S&P 500 index's bull market became the second-best performing in the modern economic era. Stocks have climbed by about 270% from their March 2009 low over the past eight years, according to data from LPL Financial.

Today's bull market has eclipsed the 267% gain seen from June 1949 to August 1956. But the bull market from October 1990 to March 2000 remains in the top spot.

"The logical question we continue to receive is: how much further can it go? We have an old bull market and an old expansion. When will the music stop?" Ryan Detrick, the senior market strategist for LPL Financial, wrote in commentary.

"The current bull market is officially 101 months old, which might sound old (and it is), but remember that bull markets don't die of old age, they die of excesses."

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