December is Usually Good for Stocks
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On December 3, 2012 @ 12:00 pm In Markets,Trading | Comments Disabled
click for larger chart
[1]
Source: Bianco Research
The chart above shows a composite of market returns by month since 1981.
This is merely a rough overview, and does not have much in the way of predictive value. What we can say is that on average, December has been a pretty good month for equities the past few decades.
Some folks disagree that this December is going to continue that tendency. Se e.g., MarketBeat: December Rally No Sure Thing [2].
Article printed from The Big Picture: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog
URL to article: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/12/december-is-usually-good-for-stocks/
URLs in this post:
[1] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/seasonal1203121_big.gif
[2] December Rally No Sure Thing: http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/12/03/morning-marketbeat-december-rally-no-sure-thing/
Click here to print.