and help you find the aarp medicare supplement plan that s right for you. take a look at this. the market closing out a solid month in november. all those green arrows. but is this poll troubling? just 41% saying things are going well these days. that s down nine points from april. to money watcher kyle airington, you know, it feels like we ve got this interesting bifurcat n bifurcation. stock market going to the moon. consumer confidence dropping like a rock. charles, let me set the table on some facts here. november, great month. market finished up, dow jones above 3%. history suggests 80% of the time in december the s&p 500 has performed at 2.3% clip on the positive side. so one would expect a great december, as well.
here s the here s where i think it s a bit confusing, right? markets up 20% roughly for the year. and i think that there s a lot of watchful eyes on three areas, charles. the employment report in november will be something to watch in december. the jobs number. i think that the fed policy decision with janet yellin coming in will be another very important thing to watch. and lastly, i think retail sales here, charles, is going to really be something to see what the numbers look like as we shake out the rest of the holiday season. kyle, is is also the fact that it feels like we re in this new era where we ve learned over the last several years, that celebrate mediocrity. you know, you reference the retail sales numbers. you know, even if they re up a little bit, i think people will be excited. just like the jobs numbers. we create 150,000 jobs these days, people have on the pom poms, although historically that s not a lot. yeah. charles, i couldn t agree with you more. we ve t