"October: This is one of the particularly dangerous months to invest in stocks. Other dangerous months are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February."
So Mark Twain, or so it is said. Compare:
But Sunday, unless I misread, is the one that has no connection with activity in the market. On the other hand, there's this:
So Mark Twain, or so it is said. Compare:
Black MondayOne event makes the list twice. That would be Black Monday/Tuesday, the occasion of the world's largest stock market decline, which straddled the International Date Line. Thursday seems particularly bad for investors. Blame it for the collapse of Jay Cooke & Co. Investment House on Sept. 18, 1873 (setting off the "great depression," i.e., the one that preceded the "great depression"). Also October 29, 1929, the mother of all stock market crashes. And the Moscow interbank crisis of August 24, 1995. Oh, and the "flash crash" of May 6, 2010. And if you like, also Sept. 30, 2010, when the Irish learned the truth about their banking crisis, causing their deficit to spike to 32 percent of GDP.
Black Tuesday
Black Wednesday
Black Thursday
Black Friday
Black Saturday
Black Sunday
But Sunday, unless I misread, is the one that has no connection with activity in the market. On the other hand, there's this:
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A Sunday song that is better known to those a few years younger than you (though perhaps not to those more than a few years younger than I).
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