The Dollar’s Effect on the Stock Market

The stock market has been freaked out lately due to the falling dollar, and the evidence shows that stocks prefer a strong greenback.
Since 1973, the dollar has risen on 4,189 days, fallen on 4,130 and stayed the same on 130. On the days of the higher dollar, the S&P 500 has risen a collective 2,356%, which is about 21.3% on an annualized basis.
On days of a falling dollar, the S&P 500 dropped over 55%, which works out to 4.8% on an annualized basis.
For the 130 days when the dollar is unchanged, the market is up 6.7%, or about 14.1% annualized.
Think of it this way, a weak dollar is basically the equivalent of a bear market for stocks.

Posted by on November 30th, 2006 at 11:30 am


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