Bull traps lead to bear market losses. getty. The stock market's rise looks reassuring and exciting. In only two weeks, it regained over one-half the ground lost in the three-month selloff.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted higher Tuesday amid a vacuum of market-moving data, nudging Wall Street closer to the edge of what’s called a bull market. The S&P 500 rose 10.06 points, or ...

The stock market’s bull run officially turns two on Saturday. The S&P 500 is up 61 percent since October 12, 2022, when the index hit its bear-market bottom at 3,577.03.