Market Attributes: U.S. Equities December 2018

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Market Snapshot

It was a December to remember (or maybe better to forget), as the S&P 500 posted its worst December performance (-9.18%) since 1931 (-14.53%) and flirted with the bear (it would have entered the classification if intraday levels were used; we use closing). It ended the month halfway between a correction (-10%) and the bear (-20%), off 13.97% from its closing high and off 6.24% for the year (after being up 9.62% YTD in September).