For those who missed it, Barron’s had a great little write-up about the market’s finish in 2009 and what it could portend for 2010. While I am not the biggest fan of seasonality studies (i.e., the market goes up X% of the time between July and September, etc.), this one caught my eye. Here’s what was written (thanks to John K. Harris, author and market historian): There have been 24 times in the 82-year history of the S&P 500 when that index hit its yearly high in December. (It did so again in 2009.) In those 24 instances, the...