Monday, September 03, 2007

September Song

Keep in mind since 1920 September has been the worst performing month for the market by a long shot as shown in the table below. The Dow has only had a positive return in the month of September 38% of the time. In contrast the month of December has finished with a positive return 75% of the time.

Dow Monthly Performance 1920-2007
Month Positive Negative

Dec 75% 25%
Jan 66% 34%
Nov 63% 37%
Aug 62% 38%
July 61% 39%
Oct 60% 40%
Mar 58% 42%
April 57% 43%
Feb 53% 47%
May 52% 48%
June 50% 50%
Sep 38% 62%

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