---
title: ⚠️Despite US stocks outperformance in May, this is one of the WORST years for the US stock market in history:
description: "The S&P 500 has UNDERPERFORMED World stocks excluding the US by 12 percentage points year-to-date, the most in 32 YEARS.\n\nSource: Bloomberg, Global Markets Investor"
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# [⚠️Despite US stocks outperformance in May, this is one of the WORST years for the US stock market in history:](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/️despite-us-stocks-outperformance-in-may-this-is-one-of-the-worst-years-for-the-us-stock-market-in-history)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Jun 2, 2025, 9:26:17 AM

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