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Feb012010

Average Monthly Performance of the Dow

DateMonday, February 1, 2010 at 09:33AM

Below is a chart highlighting the average monthly performance of the Dow over the last 100 years.  As shown, the Dow has only averaged declines in two months over the last 100 years -- February and September.  The average change for the Dow in February has been -0.15%, and the index has been higher for the month 51% of the time. 

The average change of the Dow in January over the last 100 years has been +0.97%, and this January we saw the Dow decline nearly 3.5%.  Maybe this month will go against the long-term average as well and we'll see gains.

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