Stocks Finish March Strong

Although the S&P closed off today's intraday highs, the gain for the month was 8.5%.

This is the best monthly performance for the S&P in percentage terms since October 2002. November of 2002 saw strong follow through with an increase of over 5%. Sadly December 2002 through February 2003 ended up being pretty rough...

Will the strength continue into April? Historically the month of April has been bullish. CNBC has a nice rundown of the historical numbers.