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S&P 500 Average Monthly Returns and Pre-election Year Since 1950, and over the past 10 & 20 years, the S&P 500 has been positive on average in December. Image: Ryan Detrick, LPL Financial LLC

S&P 500 Average Monthly Returns Since 1950, and over the past 10 & 20 years, the S&P 500 has been positive on average in October. Image: Ryan Detrick, LPL Financial LLC

Distribution of Monthly S&P 500 Returns Since 1928 December was an abnormally bad month for U.S. equities in 2018. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research

S&P 500 – Historical September Monthly Total Returns September is usually a volatile month. But since to 1980, September has been positive 54% of the time. Image: Richardson GMP

Distributions of Volatility by Countries This chart shows the average of 6-month rolling standard deviation of monthly returns over the last 10 years. Image: J.P. Morgan

Historically, June is One of the Weakest Months of the Year for US Stocks since 1950 The chart shows the S&P 500 Index average monthly returns. Since 1950, and over the past 10 & 20 years, the S&P 500 has been negative on average in June. Image: LPL Financial LLC