Navigating the Bull and Bear Market: Investment Opportunities and Regrets.

The S&P 500 came close to finishing 20% above its lowest level of 2022, which some on Wall Street see as the start of a bull market and a new phase of investing exuberance. However, assessing a bona fide bull market is not so simple, and there is less consensus on how to define the start of a bull market, especially when the concerns that initially dragged stocks lower still linger. Some investors say it’s simpler to look at any gain of 20% or more in a broad-based index like the S&P 500 as an important milestone, with the measurement taken at the end of the trading day.