Per Ryan Detrick on twitter: "When the S&P 500 is higher in January, the full year is up 16.9%, but when it is lower the full year is down 1.8%."
"Is this the sweet spot? When Jan is up between 0-2% the next 11 months have been lower only once in history.
No, you don't blindly invest in stuff like this, but it gives more clues why 2026 could be a better than avg yr."
For January the S&P 500 and Dow recorded gains of 1.4% and 1.7%, respectively, while the Nasdaq recorded a 1% gain. The small cap-focused Russell 2000 rose more than 5% in the month.