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So far, 2026 has been a solid year for stock market investors, with the benchmarkS&P 500(^GSPC-1.82%) up around 11% year to date. This follows even bigger gains of 17.88% in 2025 and 25.02% in 2024. Optimism is largely being driven bygenerative artificial intelligence(AI), a technology trend that has seen many of America’s biggest tech companies…

For the better part of the last four years, Wall Street has handsomely rewarded optimists. Since the 2022 bear market bottomed, the timeless Dow Jones Industrial Average(^DJI-1.09%), benchmark S&P 500(^GSPC-1.82%), and tech-powered Nasdaq Composite(^IXIC-2.86%) have gained 82%, 115%, and 154%, respectively.