<p>The lesson of the year so far is that markets will do what people least expect. The strong consensus coming into the year was that rate and recession fears would keep stocks cheap before an H2 rally. Well, the market didn’t wait and now the S&P 500 is poised to close above some key levels, including the long-term downtrend.</p>

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.