Where the Stock Market Stands Now After a Wild Start to the Year

The stock market’s crazy first five months of 2025 have left Wall Street pros in a bit of a pickle.

Coming off the best month for the S&P 500 Index in a year and a half and the best May since 1990, the benchmark is still basically flat for 2025 and putting up one of its worst starts to a year since the 1950s. In a rare switch, it’s also getting handily beaten by stock markets around the world.