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Brian Trumbore
President/Editor, StocksandNews.com

Over the past 7 months I have done a number of pieces on election years and market returns and following is another in this series. [I also try to get ahead of the crowd.]

Returns for September and October, as measured by the S&P 500, as well as the total return for each year.

???.Sept??Oct??Full Yr.

2000? -5.3 ?. -0.4 ?? -9.1

1996? +5.6 ?. +2.7 ?.. +23.1

1992? +1.2 ?. +0.4 ?.. +7.7

1988? +4.2 ?. +2.7 ?.. +16.8

1984? +0.0* ? +0.3 ..... +6.3

1980? +2.8 ?. +1.9 ?.. +32.4

1976? +2.5 ?. -2.1 ?.. +23.8

1972? -0.4 ?. +1.1 ?.. +19.0

1968? +4.0 ?. +0.9 ?.. +11.1

1964? +3.0 ?. +1.0 ?.. +16.5

1960? -5.9 ?. -0.0* ?. +0.5

1956? -4.4 ?. +0.7 ?.. +6.6

1952? -1.8 ?. +0.2 ?.. +18.4

1948? -2.8 ?. +7.1 ?.. +5.5

*miniscule gains or losses.

Overall, since 1950 September has been the worst month in the market for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and the Nasdaq. [For Nasdaq since its inception in 1971.]

Sources:

Ibbotson Associates / 2004 Yearbook
2004 Stock Trader's Almanac

Brian Trumbore

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