Worst Four Months

Almanac Update October 2020: Worst Month of Election Year

October often evokes fear on Wall Street as memories are stirred of crashes in 1929, 1987, the 554-point drop on October 27, 1997, back-to-back massacres in 1978 and 1979, Friday the 13th in 1989 and the 733-point drop on October 15, 2008. During the week ending October 10, 2008, Dow lost 1,874.19 points (18.2%), the worst weekly decline in our database going back to 1901, in percentage terms. March 2020 now holds the dubious honor of producing the worst, second ...

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2020

Almanac Update

Best Eight Months, Best Six Months, DJIA, election, NASDAQ, options expiration, S&P 500, September, Vital Stats, Worst Four Months, Worst Six Months

Almanac Update July 2020: Not Much Sizzle in Election Years

July historically is the best performing month of the third quarter however, the mostly negative results in August and September tend to make the comparison easy. Two “hot” Julys in 2009 and 2010 where DJIA and S&P 500 both gained greater than 6% and a strong performance in 2013 and 2018 have boosted July’s average gains since 1950 to 1.2% and 1.1% respectively. Such strength inevitability stirs talk of a “summer rally”, but beware the hype, as it has historically ...

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2020

Almanac Update

DJIA, Election Year, Fourth of July, July, NASDAQ, S&P 500, Seasonal, Worst Four Months

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Almanac Update October 2020: Worst Month of Election Year

Almanac Update July 2020: Not Much Sizzle in Election Years