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. 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.Charts:December up more than any other monthDecember seasonality not as strong latelyA bad year or midterm can stifle a December rallyTracking # 1-05349041Send in your questions!