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June 30, 2008 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 edelfenbein at June 30, 2008 12:02 PM

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