DIY Investor Magazine
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June 2017
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The chart illustrates the different nature of the two six-
month periods:
1st May-31st October - Summer period: six-month return
tends to be flat 1st November-30th April - Winter period:
the market tends to rise.
The data supports the claim that the greater part of the
market’s gains come in the Winter period.
Over the whole six-month Summer period the market
doesn’t necessarily fall, but it does tend to be flat, and
certainly the returns are less than in the Winter period.
However, it can be seen in the chart that the market is
absolutely weak for the two-month period May to June.
So, according to the data since 1984, if you do sell in
May one time for coming back into the market would be
the end of June.
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