Almanac Trader — Trading Before Labor Day Choppy, Wednesday is Best
[ad_1] In recent years, Labor Day has become the unofficial end of summer and the three-day weekend has become prime vacation time for many. Business activity ahead of the holiday…
Only 4 NASDAQ Wins in Last 12…
[ad_1] Since 1950, September is the worst performing month of the year for DJIA, S&P 500, NASDAQ (since 1971), Russell 1000 and Russell 2000 (since 1979). September was creamed four…
Almanac Trader — Typical August Trading: Usually a Tepid Month
[ad_1] Money flows from harvesting once made August a great stock market month in the first half of the Twentieth Century. It was the best DJIA month from 1901 to…
Almanac Trader — More Small-cap weakness likely as Russell 2000…
[ad_1] In the above chart, 43 years of daily data for the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies are divided by the Russell 1000 index of largest companies, and then…