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What a 15-Year Win Streak Actually Tells Investors About the Future

If you’ve checked your portfolio’s long-term return lately and felt reassured, you’re not imagining the strength — you’re just looking at a number that’s unusually good by historical standards. The uncomfortable part isn’t that the recent run has been strong. It’s that history suggests strong runs eventually give way to weak ones, while offering almost no guidance on when that handoff happens.