Best 6-Month Periods for the S&P 500

“Sell in May and go away” does not seem to have worked for any of the best 6-month periods listed below.

6-Months Ended	Year	Index Gain
Sep. 30	1933	66.2%
Jun. 30	1933	57.7%
Dec. 31	1932	56.2%
Sep. 30	1938	44.0%
Jun. 30	1975	38.8%
Sep. 30	1935	37.2%
Sep. 30	2009	32.5%

Data: Bloomberg

Despite the widespread belief that Thanksgiving through March is the strongest period for stocks, not one of the best seven half-year periods wrapped up in the March quarter.

You can't make oversized gains like this except following spectacular sell-offs.

Comments

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Interesting article.

In reality this rally was exaggerated as the March low was very oversold. Risk appetite is still strong and I think we will see SPY 1,200 before 800.

Oct 11 06:37 AM