We're About 2 Months Away from the Election. History Says That May Not Be the Best News for Investors.

The U.S. presidential election season is in full swing, and we're less than two months away from casting our votes for many of our next political leaders.

Along with political ads seemingly taking over every commercial break, election season has often had investing implications. Unfortunately, it hasn't always been in investors' favor. In recent times, the two-month lead-up to the presidential election has come with negative stock market performances.

Here's how the stock market's three main indexes -- the S 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones -- have performed in the two months leading up to every presidential election since 2000.

Source Fool.com