September the biggest loser among all months in the stock market; February, June, also in red
By APTuesday, August 31, 2010
September, February are worst months in market
No month has brought worse results in the stock market than September.
Here is the average monthly price change, from 1950 through July 2010, for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index. Months are listed from best performance to worst:
December: 1.6 percent gain
November: 1.6 percent gain
April: 1.5 percent gain
March: 1.2 percent gain
January: 1 percent gain
July: 1 percent gain
October: 0.6 percent gain
May: 0.3 percent gain
August: 0.1 percent gain
June: 0.04 percent loss
February: 0.2 percent loss
September: 0.6 percent loss
— Source: Stock Trader’s Almanac
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