Markets Tend to Have Strong 12 Months Post-Midterms -- Market Talk

1116 ET - The stock market has historically had a strong year after the U.S. midterm election cycle, LPL Financial's Jeff Buchbinder says in a research note. The S&P 500 has gained an average of about 15% over the 12 months following midterm Election Day, and each of those periods produced positive returns, the strategist says. Even the weakest of those outcomes was positives: after the 1986 midterms, the S&P 500 gained 1.1% in the 12 months that followed, even though that window included the October 1987 stock market crash, Buchbinder says. Top stock indices are broadly higher after Democrats retook Congress. (dean.seal@wsj.com)

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November 04, 2026 11:16 ET (16:16 GMT)