Market Outlook June 2019: May’s Selloffs Yield June Boons

On the heels of one of the strongest January to April starts, May was destined for weakness. But this bodes well for June. May is notoriously weaker in pre-election years, like 2019, and after big starts to the year. The first four months of 2019 were up 17.5% for the S&P 500, the third best since 1950. Following the previous top 20 starts May was down 9 times for an average gain of 0.2%. June is more bullish in general ...

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4
JUN
2019

Monthly Outlook

$^GSPC, $^IXIC, DJIA, four-year cycle, June, NASDAQ, S&P 500, Seasonal, Sell in May, strong starts

Strong Starts & Weak Mays: A June Boon

Previous analysis of big gains the first four months indicated weakness was in store for the merry month of May. Now that the market has indeed suffered this May the outlook for June is a boon at least historically speaking.

The table below shows the top 20 first four month gains for the for the S&P 500 with the subsequent changes for May, June, Rest of the Year, “Worst Six Months” May-October, 2nd half July-December and full year performance. While most ...

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31
MAY
2019

Seasonal Research

$^GSPC, June, May, S&P 500, Sell in May, strong starts

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Market Outlook June 2019: May’s Selloffs Yield June Boons

Strong Starts & Weak Mays: A June Boon