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The Dow is up almost 28% but the chart below showing how it’s 12% annualized gain over the past 5-years compares with 
past bull markets suggest we are probably not at a top – that “We ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” Take a look.
So says Chris Kimble (blog.kimblechartingsolutions.com) in paraphrased excerpts from his original article* entitled Have historical peaks taken place when the Dow did this?.
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Kimble goes on to say, in further edited excerpts:
A look at the chart below illustrates the average 5-year annualized gains of the Dow over the past century.
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE (Source: Ryan Detrick at Shaeffer Research)
As you can see the only time over the past 100-years that a major top took place with 5-year annualized gains in the 12% range took was in 2007. Other than that, most of the key tops in the Dow have taken place with much higher 5-year average returns.
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Conclusion
Might this suggest that we are probably not currently at a top as so many pundits are saying and that, in fact, “We ain’t seen nothin’ yet?”
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*http://blog.kimblechartingsolutions.com/2013/12/have-historical-peaks-taken-place-when-the-dow-did-this/
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