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For all the fanfare surrounding the purported bullishness of stocks in months such as January and December, April can be quite kind to equities. In fact, the S&P 500 has averaged an April return of 2 percent, making the fourth month of the year the best for the benchmark U.S. equity gauge,...

In December, the Federal Reserve finally began its first interest rate tightening cycle since the Great Recession. With the timing of the next rate hike now a hot topic of debate among traders, Goldman Sachs analyst Jan Hatzius took a look back at past tightening cycles and how often they resulted...