Is now a good time to invest in the stock market 2021?

Year S&P 500 Return ---- -------------- 2021 27.2%*

Is it still safe to invest in the stock market?

No, the stock market isn't safe. It isn't safe for amateur investors. If you need access to your money at any point within the next one to three years, that money should not be anywhere near the stock market, and even expenses three to five years out should be carefully weighed before putting money into stocks.

Are stocks going up in 2021?

The S&P 500 stock index had a great run in 2021, rising more than 25 percent — on top of its 16 percent gain during the first year of the pandemic. The index hit 70 new closing highs in 2021, second only to 1995, when there were 77, said Howard Silverblatt, an analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices.