In every year since 1988, even the most powerful years of the 1990s stock market boom, the market registered at least three down months. This year, there have been none.

Down days have been scarcer than usual here in 2017—and down weeks and months even scarcer. For much of the year, the market has felt like an express elevator stuck on the up button. I'm not just talking about perceptions, either. Take a glance at this astonishing chart, brought to you courtesy of Charles Schwab.

Submitted December 14, 2017 at 05:59PM by jagershotzz http://ift.tt/2j2aUoK