When will the U.S. stock market return to record levels? If history is any guide, it could be sooner than you think. Stocks have seen solid gains thus far this month, as is typical for April, with all three major U.S. indexes up more than 2%. That rally has helped them close the gap with the all-time highs hit in late January. The length of time since that record could be a reason to feel optimistic about stocks, according to one analyst. “On average, stocks fall for about 13 weeks after a correction before beginning to rebound,” wrote Jeffrey Kleintop, the chief global investment strategist at Charles Schwab & Co. Based on that, he wrote in a note, the “stock market correction might soon be over,” although he cautioned that “the heightened volatility may not be going away for a long time.” Courtesy Charles Schwab A chart of average stock performance in corrections and bear markets. Kleintop uses the MSCI World Index, which tracks global stocks, as his benchmark.via