Stock Market Statistics by Month: Best and Worst Times for Returns

Many investors have heard that September is a weak month for stocks. Others follow the old rule to “sell in May and go away.” Some of these sayings hold up in the data, and some do not. This article looks at stock market statistics by month and by time period. It draws on six published sources, and each figure keeps its own time frame. Those time frames differ, so the numbers should not be mixed together. One point appears in every source. The US stock market has gone up more often than it has gone down over almost any long stretch. How Often the Stock Market Goes Up Stocks do not rise every day, but they rise more often than they fall.

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