Ron Griess (Chart Store) sends along this trivia question:
Beginning with the year 1991, the S&P has reached its high for the year in either January or December during every year but three:
Without looking at a chart, name the month and year of the three exceptions.
Here is the history of the S&P starting in 1928:
Month | High | Low |
January | 13 | 29 |
February | 4 | 7 |
March | 3 | 7 |
April | 2 | 5 |
May | 2 | 3 |
June | 1 | 5 |
July | 5 | 3 |
August | 3 | 2 |
September | 6 | 4 |
October | 6 | 8 |
November | 10 | 4 |
December | 27 | 5 |
Highlight the text after the jump to see the answer
March 2000 and October 2007 were the easy ones; November 1996 is the other one.
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