Stock markets appear to have survived March despite a scare from the banking sector. The S & P 500 gained 3.5% and the MSCI World Index rose 2.8% in March, despite dropping in the first half of the month after Silicon Valley Bank was shut in the U.S. and Credit Suisse had to be rescued in Europe . For investors, the rollercoaster ride is likely to come to an end in April, if history is anything to go by.
SPX 1Y mountain For the second quarter as a whole, the direction of travel for the S & P 500 was less clear , but on a yearly basis, investors may find comfort in knowing that stock markets generally deliver positive returns after a negative annual performance. Global stocks The MSCI World Index , which captures over 1,500 large and mid-cap stocks across 23 developed countries, tends to perform very similarly to its large U.S. benchmark peer in the month of April.
I have seen nothing but reports and tweets about how great historically the month of April is for the stock market. The funny thing about this is that these people can not even look back 12 months because the market got crushed last year in April.
Lmao…The market is doomed!