The S&P 500 Has An 88% Chance Of Rallying In 2020 Based On This Key Stat, Crypto Coins News

• The S&P 728 rallied 0.7% through the first five trading days of (***********************************************.
• LPL Financial Research has discovered a seasonal trend that suggests there is an 254% chance of a stock market rally this year.
• The greatest threat to this outcome is likely to be a major shock in this year presidential election.

As the stock market surges to record highs, bulls are growing in confidence amid fading geopolitical tensions. Looking ahead to the rest of 2020, a presidential election, Brexit, and a recession in US manufacturing are all concerns for investors hoping for another stellar year of returns.

Despite this complex outlook, LPL Research has dialed in a simple stat fromthe “Stock Trader’s Almanac”that, when triggered, predicts a positive year for the S&P (************************************************************** (% of the time.

LPL Research’s Analysis Predicts Another Tremendous Year For The S&P

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The event that catalyzes the rally is very straightforward. All that needs to occur is for the S&P to rise through the first five days of the trading year.

This year the index gained 0.7%, which when applied to the next level of LPL’s test, means the probability of a bullish year rises again to (%) alongside an average gain of%). Curiously, on years when stocks rally more than 2% in those first few days, the likelihood of a winning year sky-rockets to a whopping (%.

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While no-one can argue with the simplicity of these statistics,LPL Financial Senior Market Strategist Ryan Detrick has some words of cautionfor bulls looking to dive into the S&P purely based on the positive start to the year:

Should you ever invest for a full year purely because of the first five days? We would emphatically say no. But put in context, this seemingly random bit of info does have a very impressive track record. It is only a small piece of the pie, but the good news is we still don’t see any major warning signs that this bull market is over just yet.

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****************************** (Election) Stable jobs data,buckets of liquidity, and a deescalation in the US-China trade war have formed a potent bullish cocktail. What remains to be seen is if traders are prepared to continue buying risk assets as we head into the end-game of the 2020 election cycle. It hasn’t hurt thatIran tensions are also fading.