- Highest Dividend Yields of the Dow
- Stocks on Sale for the Holidays
- Quick Market Stats: Week Ending 11/28
- Holiday Shopping with Deflated Stocks
- Quick Market Stats: Week Ending 11/21
- Dell Preview: So How Bad Is It?
- Oil at $50, Heading to $45 or Lower
- Markets Since Lehman, Record Wednesday Losing Streak
- CPI Details: Where the costs are falling (and rising)
- Financials Continue to Lose S&P Weight
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average [.DJIA
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- 1 month after Good Friday - avg gain of .7% and up 61% of the time
- 3 months after Good Friday - avg gain of 1.5% and up 55% of the time
- 6 months after Good Friday - avg gain of 2.2% and up 61% of the time
The S&P 500 [.SPX
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- 1 month after Good Friday - avg gain of .5% and up 59% of the time
- 3 months after Good Friday - avg gain of 2.3% and up 60% of the time
- 6 months after Good Friday - avg gain of 2.3% and up 64% of the time
The NASDAQ Composite [COMP
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- 1 month after Good Friday - avg gain of .8% and up 62% of the time
- 3 months after Good Friday - avg gain of 4.0% and up 70% of the time
- 6 months after Good Friday - avg gain of 3.5% and up 62% of the time
When the Dow was down for the year going into Easter weekend, the results were a bit more mixed. The Dow remained flat for the next 6 months, the S&P had average gains of roughly .5% three and six months out, and the Nasdaq faired best with average gains of 2.8% and 3.5% for the next 3 and 6 months.
Companies that could use the most "Spring" this year are Bear Stearns [BSC
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], Ambac [ABK
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], Sprint Nextel [S
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], and CIT [CIT
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]which are all down over 50% YTD.
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