3 Top Tech Stocks to Buy in January
The calendar has flipped over to 2026, but this is no time for a post-holiday lull. Historically, major names in the stock market have enjoyed solid gains in the first month of the year.
According to Citadel, Nasdaq-100 stocks, as a group, have risen in January 70% of the time since 1985, with an average return of 2.5% That's better than the performance of the broader S 500, which sees January gains 62% of the time.
Why is this? Much of it has to do with end-of-year payouts that are now in the market -- things like capital from retirement contributions and end-of-year bonuses. January sees the greatest amount of equity capital deployment in the market.
Source Fool.com
