The Worst Time of the Year

Over the last 100 years, September has been the worst month for stocks. It’s also been the worst for the last 50 and last 100 years.

I’ve crunched the entire 124-year history of the Dow and here’s what the average year looks like:

You can see there’s a peak at the end of summer. From September 6 to September 30, the Dow has lost an average of 2.01%. That may not sound like a lot but it’s the average of 124 years of data. More than one-quarter of the Dow’s total gain has been wiped in a little over three weeks.

Posted by on September 8th, 2020 at 9:54 am


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