Best Months for the Dow of the Last 50 Years

We still have a week to go in October but this is shaping up to be the best month for the Dow in ten years, and one of the best in the last 50 years:

Jan-76 14.41%
Jan-75 14.19%
Jan-87 13.82%
Aug-82 11.47%
Oct-82 10.65%
Oct-02 10.60%
Apr-78 10.56%
Apr-99 10.25%
Nov-62 10.09%
Aug-84 9.78%
Oct-98 9.56%
Oct-74 9.48%
Dec-91 9.47%
Jul-89 9.04%
Feb-86 8.79%
Apr-01 8.67%
Jul-09 8.58%
Nov-01 8.56%
Oct-11 8.55%
Apr-68 8.51%

Posted by on October 24th, 2011 at 10:06 am


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