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To: donald sew who wrote (11713)	4/21/1999 3:40:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Respond to of 99985

Don, all i know is the old saw: 'sell in may and go away'. so probably may is a traditionally weak month. i know from a chart presented by j.bollinger on cnbc some time ago that the period from november to march is the seasonally strongest period in the market. october seems to enjoy a particularly bad reputation. there's also something mark twain once said about may being the worst month to buy stocks,followed by october,november,january,april,june...you get the picture.didn't think much of stocks.<g> regards, hb

To: donald sew who wrote (11713)	4/21/1999 3:50:00 PM
From: HighTech	Respond to of 99985

I read in business week some years ago an article that showed a bar graph of the average monthly performance of the S&P500 for the period from 1950 to 1996. I did not write down the numbers but I did scratch a bar graph roughly on a sticky note. Here are the "rough" results: Jan --------------------------- Feb --- Mar ------------ Apr ---------------- May --- Jun -- Jul ----------------- Aug ---- Sep Minus five dashes Oct -- Nov ------------------- Dec ------------------------- The farther to the right the dashes go, the greater the percentage increase for the month HiTech

To: donald sew who wrote (11713)	4/21/1999 3:51:00 PM
From: John Sacz	Respond to of 99985

Don, According to 1995 "Stock Traders Almanac by Yale Hirsch", the worst month is Sept.(-.7%) followed by a tie between Feb, May, & June (+.1%). The best month is Dec. at + 1.8%. Data compiled January 1950 thru April 1994. Sacz