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FYI: The S&P 500 is down 9.4% month-to-date as of the close on Oct. 29, 2018, and is on pace to record its worst Oct. since 2008 and its sixth worst Oct. based on history since 1928. The other years when the S&P 500 that lost more in Oct. than in Oct. 2018 (so far) happened in 1987, 1929, 2008, 1932, 1937. Regards, Ted http://www.indexologyblog.com/2018/10/30/stocks-on-pace-for-the-6th-scariest-october-ever/