Key Highlights
- Investors are excited about AI stocks and a lower interest rate environment.
- But stocks have faced some headwinds at certain moments this year.
- These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › The S&P 500 is heading for its third consecutive annual gain thanks to a variety of positive elements -- from excitement about artificial intelligence (AI) stocks to optimism about a lower interest rate environment.
- The benchmark, after climbing 24% and 23% in the past two years, is on track to advance more than 15%.
- Certain elements -- like President Donald Trump's import tariff plan this spring and more recently concerns about a possible AI bubble -- have weighed on momentum periodically.