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Earnings Are Strong, but the Seasonal Trend Is Down – Here's What to Do

As we deal with current market conditions, we're left wondering if we should stay or cut our losses and forsake the market. August can be a tough time. Volume is low, with all those movers and shakers in the Hamptons instead of on Wall Street. In fact, historically, this is one of the weakest-performing months of the year, particularly for the S&P 500: August shows gains a measly 43% of the time, the worst rate of any month. Average returns for August are -0.2%, placing it among the bottom three months. And since 1987, August has the singular status as being the worst month for the index. I could go on, but let me give you the "executive summary": August is just not a buy-and-hold month. This is the right way to play it... Full Story As we deal with current market conditions, we're left wondering if we should stay or cut our losses and forsake the market. August can be a tough time. Volume is low, with all those movers and shakers in the Hamptons instead of on Wall Street. In fact, historically, this is one of the weakest-performing months of the year, particularly for the S&P 500: August shows gains a measly 43% of the time, the worst rate of any month. Average returns for August are -0.2%, placing it among the bottom three months. And since 1987, August has the singular status as being the worst month for the index. I could go on, but let me give you the "executive summary": August is just not a buy-and-hold month. This is the right way to play it... Tags: earnings To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2018 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post Earnings Are Strong, but the Seasonal Trend Is Down – Here's What to Do appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .
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