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Major US Indexes - Worst May since 1940 & 1962 for the Dow & S&P
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On a week that saw Apple [AAPL
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]oil spill continue to impact the ecosystem and drillers, Spain lose its AAA rating, and the worst May performance for the Dow since 1940, and the S&P since 1962, the major indexes managed to end the week on a positive note, except for the Dow which closed down slightly -0.56%. In spite of volatility easing back this week, with the CBOE Volatility Index [.VIX
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] declining -20.02% for the week, the "Investor Fear Guage" jumped 45.4% in May, marking its biggest monthly % increase since October 2008 when it rose 52.04%. What follows is a summary of this week's statistics on the markets.
Weekly Gains:
- The Dow ended down -56.76 or -0.56% for the week, logging 2-consecutive weeks of losses.
- The S&P 500 ended up 1.72 or 0.16% for the week.
- The NASDAQ Composite ended up 28.00 or 1.26% for the week.
Markets Month-to-Date:
- The Dow finished down -871.98 or -7.92% for the month, its worst monthly % drop since 2/2009 when it fell -11.72%.
- The S&P finished down -97.28 or-8.20% for the month, its worst monthly % drop since 2/2009 when it fell -10.99%.
- The NASDAQ finished down -204.15 or -8.29% for the month, its worst monthly % drop since 11/2008 when it fell -10.77%.
Worst May % Drops Since
- The Dow posted its worst May % drop since 1940 when it fell -21.7%, and had its 6th biggest May % decline in its history.
- The S&P posted its worst May % drop since 1962 when it fell -8.6%, and had its 6th biggest May % decline in its history.
- The NASDAQ posted its worst May % drop since 2000 when it fell -11.91%, and had its 2nd biggest May % decline in its history.
Historical May Averages:
- On average, the Dow has gained 0.09% during May and an avg. gain of 1.14% during May when April was a positive month. The best May was in 1933 & worst 1940.
- On average, the S&P has gained 0.03% during May and an avg. gain of 1.57% during May when April was a positive month. The best May was in 1932 & worst 1940.
- On average, the NASDAQ has gained 1.21% during May and an avg. gain of 2.58% during May when April was a positive month. The best May was on 1997 & worst 2000.
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S&P 500
Sector Impact: 5 out of 10 S&P sectors were positive for the week led by Consumer Discretionary stocks up almost 2% for the week. Consumer Staples was the most negative sector down over 1% for the week.
Consumer Discretionary stocks were helped by Time Warner Cable [TWC Loading... ()
]up over 7.5% for the week.Consumer Staples were hurt by Kroger [KR Loading... ()
]down over 5% for the week. - MTD, 10 out of 10 sectors were negative led by Energy down almost 12% MTD. The least negative sector MTD is Telecom down almost 4%.
- YTD, 7 out of 10 S&P sectors are negative led by Telecom down almost 11% YTD. The most positive sector YTD is Consumer Discretionary stocks up over 8% YTD.
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