The stock market is off to its worst start since the meltdown of 2008, but history says investors shouldn't panic yet.There are plenty of reasons why stocks are likely to bounce back from their early 2015 jitters, but the main reason is this: the number three-- as in, this is the third year of President Obama's final presidential term. Since World War II, the S&P 500 has never suffered a loss during the third year of the presidential cycle, according to S&P Capital IQ.Even more encouragingly, the index increased an average of 16.1% during this lucky third year, compared with the typical gain of 8.8% during all years.It's worth noting that twice -- in 1947 and 2011 -- the stock market failed to rally in the third year of the cycle. It ended the year virtually unchanged in both instances. It's interesting how big the different between the years. Hopefully, the trend continues.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/07/investing/stocks-markets-worst-start-since-2008/index.html?iid=Lead
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