Now that we have embarked upon another April, it's good to know that this has been the kindest month for stocks over the past 20 years. Since 1999, the S&P 500 has risen 1.7 percent on average during the month of April, according to LPL Financial.
The S&P 500 has closed up in April for 12 out of the past 13 years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has done even better - it has closed up in April for every one of the last 13 years.
Another reason to be optimistic: Since 1949, the S&P 500 has never finished in negative territory following a first-quarter gain of more than 5.4 percent, which has happened 21 times. In only two of these 21 years have the subsequent nine months of the year provided negative returns: in 1987 and 1956.
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