“Now with Sept. in the rearview mirror, investors are entering what has collectively been the best 3-mos period of the year for stocks over the last 20 years. Using the monthly seasonality of the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the last 20 years, the Dow has averaged a gain of 1.96% in Oct.
October has generally been considered the most volatile month of the year, but over the last 20 years, investors have seen positive stock market prices 7% of the time during this Halloween month.”