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Description1985- S&P 500 index - percent changes by month.svg
English: Chart showing S&P 500 stock index monthly as a function of time, de-emphasizing monthly changes in each year, but emphasizing average change for each month
Suggested caption: "Though there is large variability in month-to-month changes in the S&P 500 index (gray lines), a seasonal pattern emerges when the monthly change values are averaged (bold line)."
Data source: S&P 500 INDEX (^SPX). Yahoo Finance. Choose "Max" (time period), "Historical prices", "monthly"
2025 data was purposely omitted from Version 1, pending development of the full year's monthly figures.
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Chart showing S&P 500 stock index monthly as a function of time, de-emphasizing monthly changes in each year, but emphasizing average change for each month