Description: It has been a year for celebration on Wall Street, with the S&P 500 rising nearly 30%, but investors relying on seasonal trends probably found themselves frustrated as the market defied traditional patterns.

Source: CNBC.com

Date: Dec 29, 2019

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/27/heres-how-a-bull-market-scrambled-seasonal-trends-in-2019.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail

Questions for discussion:

• How did the 2019 monthly stock market behavior compare to historical averages?
• Why do you think this was so?
• How should investors deal with the analysis and interpretation?