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Posthaste: S&P 500 has hit 50 all-time highs this year — what history tells us about record-breaking markets

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The S&P 500 is on track to post back-to-back annual gains above 20 per cent for the first time since 1997 to 1998 .

The dotcom boom and global financial crisis were all similar to today .

Alberta ’s inflation rate ticked back up to 2 per cent in October , but in wild rose country it hit 3 per cent .

Ontario was bang on the national average and British Columbia a bit hotter at 2.4 per cent , says BMO Capital Markets .

The pros can’t pick stocks and neither can you pick stocks, so what should an investor do? Read on. Follow us on Twitter @FinancialPost and @FamilyFinance.

Today ’s Posthaste was written by Pamela Heaven , with additional reporting from The Canadian Press and Bloomberg .

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