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Stock market seasonality, by asset and by month
How markets have behaved at each time of year: average returns, how often each month rose, and the strongest and weakest days, computed from decades of daily closes. Choose an asset or a month.
By asset
S&P 500Strongest month: November (+1.77% avg)Nasdaq CompositeStrongest month: January (+2.47% avg)Nasdaq-100Strongest month: November (+2.54% avg)Dow Jones Industrial AverageStrongest month: July (+1.53% avg)Russell 2000Strongest month: December (+2.38% avg)BitcoinStrongest month: November (+34.54% avg)EthereumStrongest month: May (+30.02% avg)Crude oil (WTI)Strongest month: April (+3.39% avg)GoldStrongest month: January (+2.95% avg)
S&P 500 by month
JanuaryS&P 500 in JanuaryFebruaryS&P 500 in FebruaryMarchS&P 500 in MarchAprilS&P 500 in AprilMayS&P 500 in MayJuneS&P 500 in JuneJulyS&P 500 in JulyAugustS&P 500 in AugustSeptemberS&P 500 in SeptemberOctoberS&P 500 in OctoberNovemberS&P 500 in NovemberDecemberS&P 500 in December
Well-known patterns
The Santa Claus rallyDoes the market really rally at the end of December?Sell in May and go awayIs the May–October stretch really weaker?The September effectIs September the worst month for stocks?The best days of the yearWhich calendar days have been strongest for stocks?The worst days of the yearWhich calendar days have been weakest for stocks?The turn-of-the-month effectDo stocks do better around the start of each month?The presidential election cycleHow do stocks do in each year of a presidential term?The January barometerAs goes January, so goes the year?
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