Jack12 wrote:September and October are notoriously volatile months. According to Bloomberg:
"In Sept. 1929 the DJIA declined 9.7%, kicking off the October crash. In Sept. 1930, the Dow fell 15%. In Sept. 1974, it lost 9%, completing a four-month slide of 29%. In Sept. 2001, the Dow slid 19%, in 2002 14%, and 2011 it lost 9%."
Beware if you Dare
Just to play Devil's Advocate. Also as I hate 1 sided arguments that lack substantial facts and appeal to the emotion rather than the brain as BBerg is frequent to provide:
Yes there have been some 3+ Sigma moves in the market and that skews the mean performance, but lets dig a bit deeper than 1" below the surface.
As per the Stock Traders Almanac: "...October is a bear killer and turned the tide in 11 post post WWII bear markets 1946,57,60,62,66,74,87,90,98,01 & 02" "October is a great time to buy" " Big October Gains five year 1999-2003 after atrocious Septembers"
The worst month is September:
The worst month in terms of performance?
September (by far).
Since 1929, the DJIA has fallen an average of 1.46% in September.
Since 1971, the NASDAQ has dropped an average of 1.02% in September.
Since 1950, the S&P 500 has dropped an average of 0.69% in September.
September is the worst month of the year for the three major North American stock market indexes, and it's not even close.
For instance, the second worst month of the year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average is -0.11% (May).
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