December Stock Market Trends

Since 1929, December stock market trends show that the year’s closing month ranks second, behind only July, in terms of average price gain.

Of course historical trends indicate offer no guarantee that December will be a positive month for the U.S. stock market. And the week that’s just begun could have significant ramifications for the stock market’s performance in December, with economic data to gauge the strength of the recovery as well as politics in play.