February stock trading: What the charts show about historical patterns

[music] It's already February and stocks just notched a positive January, which greatly increases the odds that 2026 will close in the green come December 31st. But not to get too ahead of ourselves, we're going to dig into what typically happens in February and beyond. I'm Jared Blickery, host of Stocks and Translation.First, we need to break down the concept of seasonality. What it is and what it isn't. Quite simply, it is the recurring calendar patterns that we see in market returns year after year or on ...