07/10/2015
Summertime and the Equity Markets
Returns for the months of July and August. It can be a volatile time and more often than not, something of a geopolitical nature interferes with our vacations.
S&P 500
2005: 3.6% (July) -1.1% (Aug.)
2006: 0.5%...2.1%
2007: -3.2%...1.3%
2008: -1.0%...1.2%
2009: 7.4%...3.4%
2010: 6.9%...-4.7%
2011: -2.1%...-5.7%
2012: 1.3%...2.0%
2013: 4.9%...-3.1%
2014: -1.5%...3.8%
Nasdaq
2005: 6.2% (July) -1.5% (Aug.)
2006: -3.7%...4.4%
2007: -2.2%...2.0%
2008: 1.4%...1.8%
2009: 7.8%...1.5%
2010: 6.9%...-6.2%
2011: -0.6%...-6.4%
2012: 0.2%...4.3%
2013: 6.6%...-1.0%
2014: -0.9%...4.8%
Sources: “2015 Stock Trader’s Almanac”; Yahoo Finance
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Brian Trumbore
