Wasn’t September Supposed To Be A Bad Month For Stocks?

Ted

FYI: For all the talk about how bad a month September has historically been for US equities, this September surely isn’t fitting the mold. Through Monday afternoon, the S&P 500 has gained 1.4%, which is a good return for the first half of any month, let alone the month that has historically been weaker than any other month. Looking a little bit deeper, though, it should be noted that the first half of September has historically been considerably stronger than the second half of the month. The chart below shows a distribution of the median returns for every stock in the S&P 500 during the first half of September over the last ten years. As you can plainly see, well over half of the stocks in the index have seen gains during the first half of the month; 359 to be exact. Overall, the median return for each stock in the S&P 500 is 1.02% with Ulta Beauty (ULTA) leading the way higher with a median gain of 18.43%, while Advanced Auto Parts (AAP) brings up the rear falling 3.07%.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/wasnt-september-supposed-to-be-a-bad-month-for-stocks/

Mark

There's still time.

ron

October is the month not usually good, but nothing is always.

hank

When I asked Siri for a market report driving today she answered: "Not much happening. Dow's up just a tad by 66 points". Siri's neither real nor a reliable indicator. But does point to how little a 50 or 100 point change represents today. I haven't the foggiest idea where we're going (pretty normal).

Old saying about "Bulls make money. Bears make money ... " ?