Does "Seasonality" Support a December Rally?

Is hope an investing strategy? No, but as November draws to a close, many investors are hoping some holiday cheer in stock markets and a potential December rally. <br/><br/>In this episode Brian takes a look at what clues seasonality data may give us for stock market performance in December. It turns out that while, historically, December has been a very strong month for stocks, in recent years seasonality trends have been weaker, and a December rally has often failed to appear following a difficult year for stocks.<br/><br/>Charts:December up more than any other monthDecember seasonality not as strong latelyA bad year or midterm can stifle a December rallyTracking # 1-05349041Ford Financial Group on Facebook<br/><br/>Ford Financial Group on YouTube<br/><br/>Questions?<br/>Find us at FordFG.com<br/>Email us at info@fordfg.com<br/><br/>Music:<br/>Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source.