People pass by The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 3, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. - Stock markets rose on both sides of the Atlantic August 3, 2020 as hopeful economic data prompted bargain hunting, with some of Asia's equities markets also making solid gains./Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
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The stock market is this close to setting another record -- the shortest bear market in history
The S&P 500 could finish Tuesday at a new record high -- its first since the pandemic hit and exceeding its all-time high from February. That would mean it took Wall Street less than five months to go from nadir to new record, and the 2020 bear market would be the shortest in history.
