U.S. stocks are on track to close the month with their best January performance since 1997, when the S&P 500 index rose 6.13 percent. What happens next? Read More
China's Lunar Year or Spring Festival begins today, marking the start of the Year of the Dragon. Will the dragon, a symbol of good fortune in Eastern culture, breathe fire into the stock market in 2012? Read More
Historically, Friday the 13th tends to be a flat day for the major US stock markets, with average gains of only 0.2 percent or less on this superstitious day. Read More
Since 1950, December has been the best month of the year for the S&P 500, and second best for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite Index. Read More