Do stock Markets Typically Rally After Midterm Elections?
What You Need to Know for Your Investments – 2023 economic outlook By Floyd Saunders, Founder of Really Simple Investing Stock markets has a history of underperforming in years leading up to midterm elections while doing significantly better after the ballots have been cast. Looking back as far as 1962, the average annual return of the S&P 500 in the 12 months before a midterm election has been -0.7 percent, compared to an average of 8.1 percent for all years from 1962 to 202