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Historical September Performance For The Dow

Bob Kleyla | Tue, 09/02/2008 - 1:08pm | Amateur Investors, Dow, Dow Monthly Performance, Dow Performance since 1900, EUR, F, investor, Performance |  Add a comment

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Historically September has been the worst performing month for the Dow going all the way back to 1900 as shown in the chart below by a wide margin.  In fact outside of February it's the only month in which the Dow has had an average return on the negative side.

The past three years the Dow avoided a weak September:  2007 (+4.0%), 2006 (+2.6%) and 2005 (+0.8%).   Thus the the odds would favor a weak September this year based on historical averages.  

Dow Average Monthly Performance
(1900-2008)
Month Positive Negative Avg Net
Return Return Gain/Loss
Jan 63% 37% 1.27%
Feb 50% 50% -0.15%
March 63% 37% 0.82%
April 57% 43% 0.92%
May 51% 49% 0.11%
June 49% 51% 0.14%
July 58% 42% 1.22%
Aug 64% 36% 1.07%
Sep 41% 59% -1.13%
Oct 51% 49% 0.18%
Nov 59% 41% 1.02%
Dec 71% 29% 1.01%

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