Here's the SP500 average return in the past 10-years and during post-election year; peak in May, low in June, retest in the fall. This could be used as a guideline.
The great Urban Carmel from Fat-Pitch.blogspot.com pointed out that the average intra-year decline when the SP500 has been positive January and February is roughly -7 to -9%.
The reason why Urban is highlighting only the years in which the market was up January and February is that historically when January and February are up months, the market does very well for the entire year. Since 1950 when the SP500 was higher the first two months 26 times, 24 of those times it was higher by year end. Here's the research by Ryan Detrick.
What I found interesting was that the most recent pullbacks under this January-February criteria have commenced in the month of May.
- 2013 it was a 1-month shake out that started in May -7.5%.
- 2012 a 1-month shake out that also happened in May -11%.
- 2011 a 19% pullback that commenced in May.
- 2006 an 8% pullback that began in May.
Right now price action is not giving us any clues that we are going to roll over and follow the previous script, but if you look at the charts above we did not get any clues back then either. The SP500 just peaked at highs and rolled over.
Bottom line; as you can see on the charts above every pullback ended up being a buying opportunity, the short term pain became a long term gain.
Bottom line; as you can see on the charts above every pullback ended up being a buying opportunity, the short term pain became a long term gain.
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Frank Zorrilla, Registered Advisor In New York. If you need a second opinion, suggestions, and or feedback in regards to the market feel free to reach me at fzorrilla@zorcapital.com or 646-480-7463.
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