When we talk about bull markets and bear markets we often get swept up in the present without stepping back and looking at the bigger picture. In this sense we tend to look at cyclical market trends as opposed to secular, derived from the Latin word for long term. Today we present some fascinating charts from 1871, where we may be sitting right now, and where this possibly ends.
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