The stock market boomed in 2019. Here’s how it happened
- Twelve months ago, few could have imagined the S&P 500 delivering a gain of more than 28% in 2019.
- It was a year filled with fears that were never realized: a global economic slowdown, disruptive trade wars and potential missteps from Federal Reserve policy.
- A hot technology sector and easy money from the Fed repeatedly sent markets to all-time highs.