S&P 500's bearish 2001 market analog: 3 things to watch
The S&P 500's (^GSPC) 2025 rally is drawing comparisons to the painful dot-com bust of 2001.
Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, who also hosts the Stocks in Translation podcast, explains what a "market analog" is and why investors are eyeing similarities and key differences between the S&P 500 now and in 2001.
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