- Despite a flat start to September, the S&P 500 index is still boasting impressive year-to-date gains.
- The benchmark stock-market gauge is up by over 16% so far in 2023, but one expert sees the rally losing steam.
- The secular bull market for equities is in its "twilight", according to Fidelity Investments' global macro head Jurrien Timmer.
A surge in artificial intelligence-related tech shares has buoyed the stock market this year, in spite of the Federal Reserve's most aggressive monetary-tightening campaign since the 1980s.
But one expert believes the rally is close to petering out, as rising bond yields erode the appeal of equities.