Market Metrics and Trends

Monthly Metrics

Monthly Highlight

Welcome to the Year of the Snake! As has become our tradition in the January Monthly Metrics, we turn to the January barometer to help us predict the markets journey for the year ahead.
Since 1990, January market performance was positive 58.3% of the time, and full year market performance was positive 71.4% of the time. When January posted positive market performance, the full year performance was positive 45.7% of the time. Over the last ten years, markets were positive/positive 40.0% of the time.
Since 1990, there were three Year of the Snakes: two with a positive January performance, but the full years were split between positive and negative performance. Year of the Snake was last positive/positive in 2013.
This year, we ended January positive, +2.7% – will we be going for the 17th positive/positive year?

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Katie Kolchin, CFA
Managing Director, Head of Research
SIFMA Insights

Previous Reports

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Market Structure Week Debrief

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An Analysis of US Equity Market Structure

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US Equity Capital Formation and Listing Exchanges Primer

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US Equity Market Structure Primer

Efficient and resilient market structure is key to sustaining investor confidence and participation underpinning the equity markets.
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US Multi-Listed Options Market Structure Primer

The primer series by SIFMA Insights fosters an understanding of the marketplace to set the scene to address complex issues arising in today’s markets. Learn important technical and regulatory nuances about options, contracts to buy or sell an underlying asset or security at a specified price on or before a given date.