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The 50 Worst Months in S&P History and What Followed
By JLP | October 31, 2008
This is a follow-up to my last post.
Below is a listing of the 50 Worst Months in the S&P history along with the 1-month, 6-month, 1-year, and 5-year returns that followed:
Nineteen times (40% of the time) the one year returns following the bad month were negative. It’s also interesting to note that the 5-Year total returns were negative following 7 of the 50 worst months (not including inflation) or 16% of the time.
Remember: Stocks for the LONG RUN!
Topics: Investing |
