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What's the best month for stocks? Hint: the next four weeks
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USA TODAY
The stock market’s record run is poised to gain steam in the weeks ahead – if history is any indication.
The start of the holiday season is typically a strong time of year on Wall Street, a pattern that analysts point to as a reason to remain optimistic that the stock market will remain at all-time highs following a turbulent September.
Historically, November has been the best month of the year for the stock market – both since 1950 and over the past decade, according to LPL Financial.
That’s not all. History shows the stock market’s strongest six-month period is November to April, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac. November is also the first month of the market’s best three-month stretch, November to January.