Equities and Alchemy

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Buyer Beware

October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. Other dangerous months are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.
- Mark Twain

11/24/08

Volatile

In October, the index rose or fell at least 3 percent 13 times, more than half of the 23 trading days during the month, including six moves of at least 5 percent. This month through Nov. 21, the S&P 500 moved at least 3 percent on 10 of the 15 full trading days, including seven moves of at least 5 percent.

Only November 1929 overshadowed October 2008 as the most volatile month for the index, according to S&P analyst Howard Silverblatt, citing moves of at least 1 percent on 86 percent of last month’s trading days.

-Bloomberg

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