September

The S&P 500 index has started September on a sour note, dropping 2.8% in the first 10 days of the month. This marks the fifth-worst start for September in the last 25 years, trailing only 2020 (-5.31%), 2011 (-4.15%), 2008 (-3.34%), and 2001 (-2.97%). While the initial month weakness is...

There is a valid reason why the bottom half of September is considered to be a "dead zone" for stocks, CNBC reported. The S&P 500 index has traded lower during the final two weeks of September 70 percent of the time dating back to 1980, Kensho data has shown. In fact, over this stretch of time...

August lived up to its historical billing as the worst month for U.S. equities. While the S&P 500's modest decline did not match the average 1.3-percent drop seen in the previous 20 Augusts, this August was the first month of 2017 in which the benchmark U.S. equity index closed in the red....

Spoiler alert: A leveraged exchange-traded fund will be highlighted here, and while the opportunity to be discussed involves the month of September, traders should remember that leveraged ETFs are best used over short-term holding periods, ideally intraday, and should not be held for a month. That...

One perception of September is it marks the start of autumn. In financial markets, that does not necessarily mean the return of risk appetite. Over the past 20 years, the S&P 500 has averaged a September loss of 0.3 percent. Keeping with the theme of needing to wait a little while longer before...

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September has a bad, though well-deserved reputation as the worst month of the year for stocks. On a historical basis, it is the worst month of the year for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 1000. Small-caps are sort of less bad as there are two...