Worst June Since the Depression

Who’s ready for this June to end? Count me in!
This looks to be the worst June for stocks in 78 years. Here are the S&P 500’s total return for the 20 worst Junes since 1928:
Jun-30……..-16.24%
Jun-08……..-8.55% (through Friday)
Jun-62……..-8.03%
Jun-02……..-7.12%
Jun-39……..-6.07%
Jun-50……..-5.49%
Jun-69……..-5.42%
Jun-37……..-5.04%
Jun-70……..-4.82%
Jun-65……..-4.73%
Jun-91……..-4.57%
Jun-28……..-3.85%
Jun-46……..-3.70%
Jun-61……..-2.75%
Jun-94……..-2.47%
Jun-01……..-2.43%
Jun-51……..-2.28%
Jun-72……..-2.06%
Jun-63……..-1.88%
Jun-82……..-1.74%

Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on June 30th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

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