December Seasonality

Because you were wondering, over the past sixty years (since 1964), the S&P 500 has closed the month of December up an average of1.3%, which is the third best month for the index behind April and November. Those two months are up an average of 1.6% and 1.5% respectively over that same time frame. December has closed higher 72% of the time over those 60 years. This level of consistently positive monthly finishes puts December in second place to April, which has been up 73% of the time over those 60 years.