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Brian Trumbore
President/Editor, StocksandNews.com

Here are some tidbits from the 2006 "Stock Trader's Almanac" that may be of interest to you stock jocks out there.

Performance: Days of the Week

[Using S&P 500?% of time market finished higher than previous day]

June 1952 - December 1989

Monday - 44.3
Tuesday - 51.6
Wednesday - 57.0
Thursday - 52.9
Friday - 57.9

But then there was a reversal.

January 1990 - July 2, 2005

Monday - 55.3
Tuesday - 50.4
Wednesday - 53.1
Thursday - 50.5
Friday - 52.9

The Best and Worst Hours

Looking at the performance of the Dow Jones from Jan. 1987 thru July 1, 2005:

The best hour is 3:00-4:00 PM

The worst hour is 2:00-3:00 PM

Nasdaq

There is a distinctive pattern for this index, which first came out Feb. 5, 1971.

Wednesday thru Friday has historically been superior to Monday and Tuesday.

For example:

Nasdaq?1971-1989

Monday - 41.1
Tuesday - 51.1
Wednesday - 62.7
Thursday - 64.2
Friday - 67.3

1990 - July 1, 2005

Monday - 52.8
Tuesday - 52.5
Wednesday - 57.6
Thursday - 55.2
Friday - 55.2

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Best Point Gains - Dow Jones, since 1901

3/16/2000?DJIA close: 10630? +499
7/24/2002?.8191? +488
7/29/2002?.8711? +447
4/5/2001?...9918? +402
4/18/2001?10615? +399

*Best percentage gain?10/21/1987? +186, 10.1% (two days after the Crash), since 1950. [There were four days during the period 1929 - 1933 with gains of 11.4% to 15.3%.]

Worst Point Losses - Dow Jones, since 1901

9/17/2001?DJIA close: 8920? -684
4/14/2000?10305? -617
10/27/1997?7161? -554
8/31/1998?..7539? -512
10/19/1987?1738? -508

*Worst percentage loss?10/19/1987? -508, -22.6% [The Crash, and it's not even close. Next worst day was an 8.0% loss a week later, 10/26/1987, since 1950. During the 1929 Crash, there were three days with losses of 9.9% to 12.8%, 10/28/29 - 11/6/29.]

Best Point Gains - Nasdaq, since 1971

1/3/2001?Nasdaq close: 2616? +324
12/5/2000?.2889? +274
4/18/2000?.3793? +254
5/30/2000?.3459? +254
10/19/2000?3418? +247

*Best percentage gain?1/3/2001? 14.2%

Worst Point Losses - Nasdaq

4/14/2000?Nasdaq close: 3321? -355
4/3/2000?..4223? -349
4/12/2000?3769? -286
4/10/2000?4188? -258
1/4/2000?..3901? -229

Worst percentage loss?10/19/1987? -46, 11.4%

Wall Street History returns next week.

Brian Trumbore

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