[glgene]

Originally Posted by glgene

Today (Jan. 31) marks the final stock market trading day of January 2014. Here are the monthly stats for January:

* Dow 30.... -5.30% less than end-of-day Dec. 31, 2013

* SP 500..... -3.56% " " " " " " " " "

* Nasdaq..... -1.74% " " " " " " " " "

Thus, all 3 indexes show losses for the month of January. Draw your own conclusions, if any (same as I said for the first 5 trading days of January). I suggest you scroll up to the original post to see the nature of this thread.

Gene

Today (3/31/2014) marks the end of Q1 2014. Here are the stats for the first 3-month period of the year:

* Dow 30 ....... (-0.72%)

* S&P 500 ...... +1.30%

* Nasdaq ........ +0.54%

Gene