The last time the stock market saw three consecutive years of gains over 20% was during the dot-com boom of the late 1990's.

U.S. stock indexes slipped on Thursday as Wall Street’s weak end to last year carried into 2025. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% to extend the four-day losing streak that dimmed the close of its stellar 2024. The index pinballed through the day between an early gain of 0.

A soft finish to 2024 still left stocks with a second straight stellar year. The S&P 500 logged a 23.3% gain, which follows a 24% rise in 2023. The combined gains of more than 53% was the largest two-year percentage jump for the index since year-end 1998,

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Stock indexes closed mostly lower on Wall Street on the final day of another record-setting year. The S&P 500 slipped 0.4% Tuesday, but still managed to rack up a gain of 23.3% for the year, its second straight year with gains of more than 20%.

Analysts see corporate earnings improving beyond just big tech names. From market psychology and monetary policy to the White House and Federal Reserve, there are a lot of factors that move the stock market.

U.S. stock indexes are falling to start 2025. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% Thursday afternoon after earlier drifting between gains and losses. It's coming off of a four-day losing streak,

U.S. stock indexes are drifting in erratic trading on Thursday to start 2025. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in midday trading after flipping between an earlier loss of 0.1% and gain of 0.9%. It's coming off a four-day losing streak,