S&P 500 ends five-quarter winning streak

The US stock market’s flagship index has registered its worst quarter since 2022. What next for the S&P 500?

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The S&P 500 fell 4.6% during the first quarter of 2025, ending a streak of five consecutive quarterly gains and marking its worst quarter since 2022.

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Dan McEvoy
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Dan is a financial journalist who, prior to joining MoneyWeek, spent five years writing for OPTO, an investment magazine focused on growth and technology stocks, ETFs and thematic investing.

Before becoming a writer, Dan spent six years working in talent acquisition in the tech sector, including for credit scoring start-up ClearScore where he first developed an interest in personal finance.

Dan studied Social Anthropology and Management at Sidney Sussex College and the Judge Business School, Cambridge University. Outside finance, he also enjoys travel writing, and has edited two published travel books.