The S&P 500’s positive start in January 2024, with a 1.6% increase, might be a precursor to a prosperous year in the stock market. As Tom Logue, CFA, senior equity strategist at Commonwealth Financial Network, highlights in a post, a positive market performance in January has historically led to positive returns for the remainder of the year. Positive January Bodes Well For The Whole YearMarket data underlines this optimistic outlook: since 1957, when January yields returns over 1.5%, which occurred 33 times excluding 2024, there’s an over 80% probability of positive market returns for the rem…