{"id":143953,"date":"2026-05-18T06:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/us-stocks-are-at-all-time-highs-heres-what-history-says-next\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T06:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:31:14","slug":"us-stocks-are-at-all-time-highs-heres-what-history-says-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/us-stocks-are-at-all-time-highs-heres-what-history-says-next\/","title":{"rendered":"US stocks are at all-time highs: Here&#8217;s what history says next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>The idea that \u201cwhat goes up must come down\u201d may seem true in the short term, but from a long-term, multi-year perspective it is simply untrue. Here are the facts: Since 1950, the US market has gained more than 1,300% <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thesmartinvestor.com.sg\/the-market-will-fall-heres-why-that-shouldnt-scare-you\/\">all time high<\/a>. That&#8217;s an average of 17 new record highs per year. Ultimately, these fresh peaks reflect the cash-generating capabilities of the underlying businesses in the long run. And it&#8217;s expected to keep getting better as AI and robotics continue to increase efficiency.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-why-all-time-highs-feel-uncomfortable\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why does an all-time high feel uncomfortable?<\/h2>\n<p>As the market reaches new highs, the fear of missing out (FOMO) becomes real for many investors. Yet, these same investors can remember buying at all-time highs last year only for President Trump<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thesmartinvestor.com.sg\/tariffs-after-tariffs-3-us-stocks-that-could-resist-the-headwind\/\"> Freedom<\/a> The day to start sharp selling in the market. For those who didn&#8217;t have the cash on hand to spend on average during that crash, it certainly felt like a punishment for being greedy. Psychologists call this \u201cregret avoidance\u201d: the tendency to shy\u2026<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v4.0\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"3nfhalVK\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"blyG8KXs\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idea that \u201cwhat goes up must come down\u201d may seem true in the short term, but from a long-term, multi-year perspective it is simply untrue. Here are the facts: Since 1950, the US market has gained more than 1,300% all time high. That&#8217;s an average of 17 new record highs per year. Ultimately, these<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[10114,1526,2448,448,1480],"class_list":["post-143953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-devotionals","tag-alltime","tag-heres","tag-highs","tag-history","tag-stocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143955,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143953\/revisions\/143955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}