Looking Ahead To The Fall, September Is Historically The Worst Month For Market Performance
S&P500 Returns for the 1,044 months from January, 1926 – December, 2012
Best |
Worst |
Average |
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Month |
Return |
Date |
Return |
Date |
Return |
# Plus |
# Minus |
1 |
13.4 |
1987 |
-8.4 |
2009 |
1.3 |
54 |
33 |
2 |
11.9 |
1931 |
-17.7 |
1933 |
0.4 |
50 |
37 |
3 |
11 |
1928 |
-24.9 |
1938 |
0.7 |
54 |
33 |
4 |
42.6 |
1933 |
-20 |
1932 |
1.5 |
54 |
33 |
5 |
16.8 |
1933 |
-22.9 |
1940 |
0.5 |
55 |
32 |
6 |
25 |
1938 |
-16.3 |
1930 |
1 |
51 |
36 |
7 |
38.2 |
1932 |
-11.3 |
1934 |
1.7 |
51 |
36 |
8 |
38.7 |
1932 |
-14.5 |
1998 |
1.3 |
56 |
31 |
9 |
16.7 |
1939 |
-29.7 |
1931 |
-0.8 |
43 |
44 |
10 |
16.6 |
1974 |
-21.5 |
1987 |
0.4 |
52 |
35 |
11 |
12.9 |
1928 |
-12.5 |
1929 |
1.4 |
56 |
31 |
12 |
11.4 |
1991 |
-14 |
1931 |
1.7 |
69 |
18 |
Average |
21.27 |
-17.81 |
0.925 |
Source: PPCA Inc