The stock market was up big in January. A few researchers didn’t even wait until the end of last month to note that when the market goes up a lot in January it usually does well for the rest of the year. While there is a lot of truth to this there are a few interesting aspects of the “Big January” indicator that you probably have not read elsewhere. Let’s take a look.   Last month was the 27th best performing January dating back to 1800 (when the data starts). If you look at how the market does after ...