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Old 10-10-2018, 02:22 PM
 
Location: City Data Land
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They are the lowest they have been in 8 months, with the S&P down 3.3%.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/b...elds-rise.html
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Old 10-10-2018, 02:34 PM
 
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the markets tend to fall this time of year regularly. the dow is still over 25,500 though, UP from when trump took office. remember that oct ends the extensions that people and businesses can file to pay their taxes, so of course stocks are going to be sold off to pay those taxes.
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Old 10-10-2018, 02:38 PM
 
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the markets tend to fall this time of year regularly. the dow is still over 25,500 though, UP from when trump took office. remember that oct ends the extensions that people and businesses can file to pay their taxes, so of course stocks are going to be sold off to pay those taxes.
So last year at this time it dropped?

Did you check last year to see if it did?
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Old 10-10-2018, 02:38 PM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Stocks still up 5500-6000 points since Trump took office (19,800 to 25,500)

Nothing to worry about. If anything, its a good opportunity to buy stocks.
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Old 10-10-2018, 02:44 PM
 
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40% of oil production has been taken offline from the GoM because of the storm... also a factor...
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Old 10-10-2018, 02:44 PM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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So last year at this time it dropped?

Did you check last year to see if it did?
The "October effect" is well known for declining stocks over the years.
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Old 10-10-2018, 02:45 PM
 
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Democrats.

Salivating like Pavlov's dogs that America will fail.


No wonder working America has abandoned them.
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Old 10-10-2018, 02:54 PM
 
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Democrats.

Salivating like Pavlov's dogs that America will fail.

No wonder working America has abandoned them.
That is a very melodramatic response to an objective fact: S&P is down 3.3%. However, I know nothing about market trends throughout a calendar year.
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Old 10-10-2018, 02:55 PM
 
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So last year at this time it dropped?

Did you check last year to see if it did?

please take a course in reading comprehension. i never said that they did fall last oct, i said they tend to fall in oct. see HC response below.


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The "October effect" is well known for declining stocks over the years.
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Old 10-10-2018, 02:57 PM
 
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The "October effect" is well known for declining stocks over the years.
Well -- its debatable.
Here you go ......https://www.investopedia.com/article...ber-effect.asp
Taken as a whole, a very strong argument can be made for September being worse for the markets than October.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nati...ctober-effect/

https://www.wisebread.com/6-things-i...october-effect
According to a new report from Yardeni Research, the average monthly return in October is 0.4%. That's not a massive return, but there were 51 years of positive returns versus 36 years with down markets. It's worth noting that when the market goes down in October, it goes down hard, to the tune of 4.7%. But that's offset by good months that average a 4.1% gain. In other words, history shows that October could swing big in either direction.

https://www.stableinvestor.com/2015/...-nonsense.html
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