Knowing where the stock market is going next for certain would be a superpower that puts wealth in the palm of your hand. While not even Warren Buffett would claim to have such an ability, there are many factors to draw on which offer clues to people starting investing as to what is likely to happen.
For a start, major stock markets all consistently rise over long timeframes of multiple years. There are short-run falls along the way, but over the course of five years in most cases, and certainly over ten years, the leading markets such as the United States’ and United Kingdom’s have always made their way higher.
