The Bull Market Turns Three. Where's The Party?

On March 9, 2009, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed at a 12-year low of 676.53, marking the bottom of the worst bear market since the Great Depression. Three years later the economy is improving, corporate profits are booming, and the S&P 500 has almost doubled. None of that has been enough to rekindle Americans' love of stocks.