https://www.barrons.com/articles/why-november-to-april-might-be-the-best-time-to-invest-in-the-stock-market-1541206638From the worst of times, relatively speaking, the stock market ought to be heading into its very best of times. That is, if history is any guide in this period without precedent.
How lousy October was for stock investors depends on which yardstick one uses. Most Barron’s readers feel their losses in dollars, so the $2.4 trillion drop in the value of U.S. common equities, by Wilshire Associates’ reckoning, probably hits closest to home. In percentage terms, last month’s drop of 7.29% in the Wilshire 5000 was the biggest since...