more compelling stats

    April Almanac Stats

    Posted by matt on 1st of Apr 2012 at 01:36 pm

    here's some more stats.  These tables show the strongest 1st quarters of the Dow going back to 1950, and also shows the 2nd, 3rd, 4th quarters and year end results.

    As you can see, many times after a strong 1st quarter, the market is due for a correction/rest in the second quarter or 3rd quarter.  Also we have the sell in May and go away coming up and my thoughts are that the Sell in May will come earlier this year using the MACD to exit earlier. I will discuss this in more detail soon.

    Otherwise one other thing that stands out is that after a 1st strong quarter, even though the market may be due for a rest in the 2nd or 3rd quarter, notice that the year end is almost ALWAYS, notice that there are only 2 years that closed negative after a first strong quarter out of 37!

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