Market Timing Fails as Stock Faithful Enjoy $7 Trillion Rally

Despite market uncertainty and various selling signals, investors who stayed invested in stocks have seen significant gains this year, with the S&P 500 reaching record highs. Buying and holding equities has outperformed 22 technical strategies used by traders. The market has remained calm despite Federal Reserve uncertainty, economic anxiety, and geopolitical tensions. However, caution is creeping back as valuations look stretched and concerns about an economic downturn arise. While charting indicators suggest the market has run too far, too fast, investors who have followed these signals have fared worse than those who simply held their positions. The lesson learned is that timing the market is risky, as pullbacks are often followed by rapid recoveries.