Presidential elections

As summer heats up, so does the stock market. The S&P 500, as tracked by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY), has an intriguing historical seasonality pattern during presidential election years. Looking back to 1928, an analysis conducted by Bank of America shows that the S&P 500...

The impact of presidential elections has generally been negative on the stocks, as it disrupts the three seasonally strongest months of October, November and December, according to a note from Argus Research. Analyst Jim Kelleher noted that, since 1980, monthly gains have averaged 1.44 percent in...