The Compass Q4 2024

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes”
-Mark Twain
2024 was another banner year for the stock market. In a year that started with a 7.6 magnitude earthquake
hitting Japan and included continued armed conflict in Europe, a collapse of a major bridge in Baltimore, t
conviction of Crypto King Sam Bankman-Fried, devastating hurricanes, Iranian missile strikes on Israel along
with a small event called a presidential election the markets hit new highs over 55 times in 2024 in spite of all the disruptive events that took place.