Despite a pull back in the U.S. equity markets last week, the S&P and Nasdaq Composite are having their best September since 1998 so far, while the Dow is on track for its biggest % gain in September since 2007. Even though September ranks as the worst month historically on average for all three indices, the Nasdaq Composite has traded up 12 sessions out of 19 as of Monday's close while the Dow and S&P have finished up 11 days of 19.
MTD Stats vs. Year Ago Based on % Changes as of 2:30pm ET:
- The Dow is up 272.98 points or 2.87% MTD, tracking for the 3rd consecutive month of gains vs Sep '08 when the Dow lost -6% and Oct '08 when the Dow lost -14.06%
- The S&P is up 42.48 points or 4.16% MTD, tracking for the 7th consecutive month of gains vs Sep '08 when the S&P lost -9.21%, and Oct '08 when the S&P lost -16.94%
- The NASDAQ Composite is up 118.43 points or 5.89% MTD, tracking for the 7th consecutive month of gains vs Sep '08 when the NASDAQ lost -12.05%, and Oct '08 when the NASDAQ lost -17.73%
- The VIX is down -4.54% MTD vs. Sep '08 when the VIX increased of 91.14% and Oct '08 when it gained 51.71%
- The dollar index is down -1.38% MTD vs. Sep '08 when the dollar index gained 2.69% and Oct '08 when it gained 7.92%
Monthly Streaks:
- The S&P is on track for its longest monthly winning streak since 1/31/2007 where the S&P gained for 8-straight months
**The S&P is up 44.6% in the current 7-month rally, its best 7-month % gain since 10/1938 when it rose 54.6% - The Nasdaq Comp. is on track for its longest monthly winning streak since 8/29/2003 where the Nasdaq gained for 7-straight months
**The Nasdaq is up 54.6% in the current 7-month rally, its best 7-month % gain since 3/2000 when it rose 66.9% - The Dow is up 16.04% in the past 3-month, its best 3-month % gain since 5/2009, when it rose 20.4%
Best September Gains:
- The Dow is on track to its best September % gain since 2007 when it gained 4.1%
- The S&P is on track to its best September % gain since 1998 when it gained 6.2%
- The Nasdaq is on track to its best September % gains since 1998 when it gained 12.98%
Best Monthly Gains:
- The Dow is on track to its best monthly % gain since 8/2009 when it rose 3.54%
- The S&P had its best monthly % gain since 7/2009 when it rose 7.4%
- The Nasdaq had its best monthly % gain since 7/2009 when it rose 7.8%
Historical September Gains:
Historically, September on average has yielded negative returns 58% of the time or more for the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq Composite when August has been a positive month: (Data tracked back to 1971)
- On average the Dow has declined -2.13% during September, when August has been a positive month, Up 10.5% of the time, Down 89.5 of the time.
- On average the S&P has declined -1.84% during September, when August has been a positive month, Up 21% of the time, Down 73.7% of the time, flat 5.3% of the time.
- On average the Nasdaq has declined -1.5% during September, when August has been a positive month, Up 42% of the time, Down 58% of the time.
Continue on to the next page to see Top/Bottom 10 stocks for each of the Indices MTD as of Monday's settled prices: