The stock market is on the verge of making history

Reuters / Brendan McDermid The S&P 500 is set to finish 2017 with 12 months of gains. That's never happened before. Earnings growth was strong, all 45 economies under the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) were expanding, and investors started to price in the impact of the new tax law. Some analysts expect 2018 to be more volatile. What a year. For the first time ever, the S&P 500 is set to end every single month of a calendar year with a gain. It came very close three ...