U.S. Money Supply Just Made History! But It's a Recent Shift -- the First Since the Great Depression -- That Historically Leads to a Big Move in Stocks.

For more than 100 years, the stock market has been the superior wealth creator. Though other asset classes, such as Treasury bonds, real estate, and commodities, have all nominally appreciated in value over the long run, none have come close to matching the annualized return of stocks.But just because stocks outperform over numerous decades, it doesn't mean equities move higher in a straight line.Since mid-February, the mature stock-powered Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth-propelled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have all vacillated wildly. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 have both entered correction territory, while the Nasdaq Composite dipped into its first bear market in three years.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool