January was a strong month for stocks (^GSPC, ^IXIC, ^DJI), but history suggests a rocky February ahead for equities. Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre appears on Catalysts to explain that February typically sees a market rise early in the month, peaking around mid-February and then followed by a decline.
He notes potential bearish signals, like rising tariffs and a spike in the volatility index (^VIX), and which sectors are facing the highest wave of volatility.
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