The season's upon us
Main U.S. indexes rise; Dow out front, up ~0.6%
Utilities lead S&P sector gainers; Energy sole loser
Dollar, gold slip; crude down >5.5%; bitcoin up >1.5%
U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield jumps to ~4.29%
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THE SEASON'S UPON US
November marks the start of the "best six months" strategy by the Stock Trader's Almanac, which says that investing in the Dow Industrials .DJI between Nov. 1 and April 30, then switching to fixed income for the other six months "has produced reliable returns with reduced risk since 1950."
According to the Almanac, those six "best" months saw the Dow rise 26,249.55 points versus 7,634.28 in the other six May through October months. For the S&P 500 .SPX, the benchmark index climbed 3,018.83 points in the "best" months compared with 1,132.58 in the "worst" six months.
Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research in New York notes the S&P recorded its highest average price return and frequency of advance during the "best" six months, with the weakest average performance in the other six.
While the S&P rose an average of almost 7% during the "best" months, it gained only 2% during the lackluster period.
However, in this year's "worst" six months, Stovall said the S&P 500 "didn't miss a beat" as it jumped slightly more than 15% from the end of April through Oct. 25, on top of the jump in the prior period from November through April timeframe.
This has led some investors to question whether the market has "used up its energy reserves and may be headed for tough times," said Stovall.
At least according to history, that has not been the case, as Stovall notes that of the dozen prior times the S&P has gained more than 10% in the "worst" period through the end of October, the subsequent "best" period saw an average rise of 13%, gaining ground 92% of the time.
In addition, there have been five times since 1945 the S&P has posted double-digit gains in both the "best" and "worst" time periods, rising 80% of the time in the following "best" period, with an average rise of 11%.
(Chuck Mikolajczak)
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