The S&P 500 Just Did Something We've Never Seen Before. Here's What Happens in 2026 and Beyond.

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has been on a historical run over the past three years. The index produced a total return of 86% from the start of 2023 through the end of 2025. Most investors are probably looking at their portfolio at the start of 2026 with big smiles on their faces.But those returns have been heavily concentrated in just a handful of stocks. In fact, unless you stick exclusively to S&P 500 index funds, your returns over the last three years have likely looked much different from the index average. Just seven stocks accounted for nearly half the total return of the S&P 500 last year. Thirty-percent or fewer of the index components have outperformed the average index return in each of the last three years.The result is a historic event in the S&P 500. The market-cap-weighted index outperformed the equal-weight version of the S&P 500 by the widest margin over any three-year period since 1971. And history has a clear answer about what happens in 2026 and beyond.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool