" The S&P 500 index in its present form began on March 4, 1957. " Notes for the OP: Answering this question going back longer than 20-25 years is irrelevant, because: 1. About 3/4 (or more) of the companies in the index 60-70 years ago don't even exist today, thus the index of yesterday is not comparable to the index of today. Same with the Dow, I think only GE exists today from the original Dow (of 12)... 2. There are also safety breakers built into the system that limit at least the daily move's volatility.
%% Nice CM ; they hardly ever make a mistake. That was close to the end of the big bear market if i remember right. LOL
For all you monthly Condor dweebs, here is a data run. Yeah I know it's not >SET, but it does help see what can happen. Third Friday to third Friday changes (at Close) for SP-500 from 1962: Start 19620216 Price: 70.59 19620316, 70.96, %Chg: 0.31 19620419, 68.59, %Chg: -3.34 19620518, 63.82, %Chg: -6.95 19620615, 55.89, %Chg: -12.43 19620720, 56.81, %Chg: 1.65 19620817, 59.01, %Chg: 3.87 19620921, 57.69, %Chg: -2.24 19621019, 55.59, %Chg: -3.64 19621116, 60.16, %Chg: 8.22 19621221, 62.64, %Chg: 4.12 19630118, 65.18, %Chg: 4.05 19630215, 66.41, %Chg: 1.89 19630315, 65.93, %Chg: -0.72 19630419, 69.23, %Chg: 5.01 19630517, 70.29, %Chg: 1.53 19630621, 70.25, %Chg: -0.06 19630719, 68.35, %Chg: -2.70 19630816, 71.49, %Chg: 4.59 19630920, 73.30, %Chg: 2.53 19631018, 73.32, %Chg: 0.03 19631115, 72.35, %Chg: -1.32 19631220, 74.28, %Chg: 2.67 19640117, 76.56, %Chg: 3.07 19640320, 78.92, %Chg: 3.08 19640417, 80.55, %Chg: 2.07 19640515, 80.61, %Chg: 0.07 19640619, 80.89, %Chg: 0.35 19640717, 84.01, %Chg: 3.86 19640821, 82.07, %Chg: -2.31 19640918, 83.48, %Chg: 1.72 19641016, 84.83, %Chg: 1.62 19641120, 86.28, %Chg: 1.71 19641218, 84.29, %Chg: -2.31 19650115, 86.21, %Chg: 2.28 19650219, 86.21, %Chg: 0.00 19650319, 86.84, %Chg: 0.73 19650415, 88.15, %Chg: 1.51 19650521, 88.75, %Chg: 0.68 19650618, 85.34, %Chg: -3.84 19650716, 85.69, %Chg: 0.41 19650820, 86.69, %Chg: 1.17 19650917, 90.05, %Chg: 3.88 19651015, 91.38, %Chg: 1.48 19651119, 92.24, %Chg: 0.94 19651217, 92.08, %Chg: -0.17 19660121, 93.47, %Chg: 1.51 19660218, 92.41, %Chg: -1.13 19660318, 88.53, %Chg: -4.20 19660415, 91.99, %Chg: 3.91 19660520, 85.43, %Chg: -7.13 19660617, 86.51, %Chg: 1.26 19660715, 87.08, %Chg: 0.66 19660819, 79.62, %Chg: -8.57 19660916, 79.99, %Chg: 0.46 19661021, 78.19, %Chg: -2.25 19661118, 81.26, %Chg: 3.93 19661216, 81.58, %Chg: 0.39 19670120, 86.07, %Chg: 5.50 19670217, 87.89, %Chg: 2.11 19670317, 90.25, %Chg: 2.69 19670421, 92.30, %Chg: 2.27 19670519, 92.07, %Chg: -0.25 19670616, 92.54, %Chg: 0.51 19670721, 94.04, %Chg: 1.62 19670818, 94.78, %Chg: 0.79 19670915, 96.27, %Chg: 1.57 19671020, 95.38, %Chg: -0.92 19671117, 92.82, %Chg: -2.68 19671215, 95.03, %Chg: 2.38 19680119, 95.24, %Chg: 0.22 19680216, 89.96, %Chg: -5.54 19680315, 89.10, %Chg: -0.96 19680419, 95.85, %Chg: 7.58 19680517, 96.90, %Chg: 1.10 19680621, 100.66, %Chg: 3.88 19680719, 100.46, %Chg: -0.20 19680816, 98.68, %Chg: -1.77 19680920, 101.66, %Chg: 3.02 19681018, 104.82, %Chg: 3.11 19681115, 105.78, %Chg: 0.92 19681220, 106.34, %Chg: 0.53 19690117, 102.03, %Chg: -4.05 19690321, 99.63, %Chg: -2.35 19690418, 101.24, %Chg: 1.62 19690516, 105.94, %Chg: 4.64 19690620, 96.67, %Chg: -8.75 19690718, 94.95, %Chg: -1.78 19690815, 94.00, %Chg: -1.00 19690919, 95.19, %Chg: 1.27 19691017, 96.26, %Chg: 1.12 19691121, 94.32, %Chg: -2.02 19691219, 91.38, %Chg: -3.12 19700116, 90.92, %Chg: -0.50 19700220, 88.03, %Chg: -3.18 19700320, 87.06, %Chg: -1.10 19700417, 85.67, %Chg: -1.60 19700515, 76.90, %Chg: -10.24 19700619, 77.05, %Chg: 0.20 19700717, 77.69, %Chg: 0.83 19700821, 79.24, %Chg: 2.00 19700918, 82.62, %Chg: 4.27 19701016, 84.28, %Chg: 2.01 19701120, 83.72, %Chg: -0.66 19701218, 90.22, %Chg: 7.76 19710115, 93.03, %Chg: 3.11 19710219, 96.74, %Chg: 3.99 19710319, 101.01, %Chg: 4.41 19710416, 103.49, %Chg: 2.46 19710521, 100.99, %Chg: -2.42 19710618, 98.97, %Chg: -2.00 19710716, 99.11, %Chg: 0.14 19710820, 98.33, %Chg: -0.79 19710917, 99.96, %Chg: 1.66 19711015, 97.79, %Chg: -2.17 19711119, 91.61, %Chg: -6.32 19711217, 100.26, %Chg: 9.44 19720121, 103.65, %Chg: 3.38 19720218, 105.28, %Chg: 1.57 19720317, 107.92, %Chg: 2.51 19720421, 108.89, %Chg: 0.90 19720519, 108.98, %Chg: 0.08 19720616, 108.36, %Chg: -0.57 19720721, 106.66, %Chg: -1.57 19720818, 111.76, %Chg: 4.78 19720915, 108.81, %Chg: -2.64 19721020, 109.24, %Chg: 0.40 19721117, 115.49, %Chg: 5.72 19721215, 118.26, %Chg: 2.40 19730119, 118.78, %Chg: 0.44 19730216, 114.98, %Chg: -3.20 19730316, 113.54, %Chg: -1.25 19730419, 112.17, %Chg: -1.21 19730518, 103.86, %Chg: -7.41 19730615, 105.10, %Chg: 1.19 19730720, 107.14, %Chg: 1.94 19730817, 102.31, %Chg: -4.51 19730921, 107.20, %Chg: 4.78 19731019, 110.22, %Chg: 2.82 19731116, 103.88, %Chg: -5.75 19731221, 93.54, %Chg: -9.95 19740118, 95.56, %Chg: 2.16 19740215, 92.27, %Chg: -3.44 19740315, 99.28, %Chg: 7.60 19740419, 93.75, %Chg: -5.57 19740517, 88.21, %Chg: -5.91 19740621, 87.46, %Chg: -0.85 19740719, 83.54, %Chg: -4.48 19740816, 75.67, %Chg: -9.42 19740920, 70.14, %Chg: -7.31 19741018, 72.28, %Chg: 3.05 19741115, 71.91, %Chg: -0.51 19741220, 66.91, %Chg: -6.95 19750117, 70.96, %Chg: 6.05 19750221, 82.62, %Chg: 16.43 19750321, 83.39, %Chg: 0.93 19750418, 86.30, %Chg: 3.49 19750516, 90.43, %Chg: 4.79 19750620, 92.61, %Chg: 2.41 19750718, 93.20, %Chg: 0.64 19750815, 86.36, %Chg: -7.34 19750919, 85.88, %Chg: -0.56 19751017, 88.86, %Chg: 3.47 19751121, 89.53, %Chg: 0.75 19751219, 88.80, %Chg: -0.82 19760116, 97.00, %Chg: 9.23 19760220, 102.10, %Chg: 5.26 19760319, 100.58, %Chg: -1.49 19760415, 100.67, %Chg: 0.09 19760521, 101.26, %Chg: 0.59 19760618, 103.76, %Chg: 2.47 19760716, 104.68, %Chg: 0.89 19760820, 102.37, %Chg: -2.21 19760917, 106.27, %Chg: 3.81 19761015, 100.88, %Chg: -5.07 19761119, 101.92, %Chg: 1.03 19761217, 104.26, %Chg: 2.30 19770121, 103.32, %Chg: -0.90 19770218, 100.49, %Chg: -2.74 19770318, 101.86, %Chg: 1.36 19770415, 101.04, %Chg: -0.81 19770520, 99.45, %Chg: -1.57 19770617, 99.97, %Chg: 0.52 19770715, 100.18, %Chg: 0.21 19770819, 97.51, %Chg: -2.67 19770916, 96.48, %Chg: -1.06 19771021, 92.32, %Chg: -4.31 19771118, 95.33, %Chg: 3.26 19771216, 93.40, %Chg: -2.02 19780120, 89.89, %Chg: -3.76 19780217, 87.96, %Chg: -2.15 19780317, 90.20, %Chg: 2.55 19780421, 94.34, %Chg: 4.59 19780519, 98.12, %Chg: 4.01 19780616, 97.42, %Chg: -0.71 19780721, 97.75, %Chg: 0.34 19780818, 104.73, %Chg: 7.14 19780915, 104.12, %Chg: -0.58 19781020, 97.95, %Chg: -5.93 19781117, 94.42, %Chg: -3.60 19781215, 95.33, %Chg: 0.96 19790119, 99.75, %Chg: 4.64 19790216, 98.67, %Chg: -1.08 19790316, 100.69, %Chg: 2.05 19790420, 101.23, %Chg: 0.54 19790518, 99.93, %Chg: -1.28 19790615, 102.09, %Chg: 2.16 19790720, 101.82, %Chg: -0.26 19790817, 108.30, %Chg: 6.36 19790921, 110.47, %Chg: 2.00 19791019, 101.60, %Chg: -8.03 19791116, 103.79, %Chg: 2.16 19791221, 107.59, %Chg: 3.66 19800118, 111.07, %Chg: 3.23 19800215, 115.41, %Chg: 3.91 19800321, 102.31, %Chg: -11.35 19800418, 100.55, %Chg: -1.72 19800516, 107.35, %Chg: 6.76 19800620, 114.06, %Chg: 6.25 19800718, 122.04, %Chg: 7.00 19800815, 125.72, %Chg: 3.02 19800919, 129.25, %Chg: 2.81 19801017, 131.52, %Chg: 1.76 19801121, 139.11, %Chg: 5.77 19801219, 133.70, %Chg: -3.89 19810116, 134.77, %Chg: 0.80 19810220, 126.58, %Chg: -6.08 19810320, 134.06, %Chg: 5.91 19810416, 134.70, %Chg: 0.48 19810515, 132.17, %Chg: -1.88 19810619, 132.27, %Chg: 0.08 19810717, 130.76, %Chg: -1.14 19810821, 129.23, %Chg: -1.17 19810918, 116.26, %Chg: -10.04 19811016, 119.19, %Chg: 2.52 19811120, 121.71, %Chg: 2.11 19811218, 124.00, %Chg: 1.88 19820115, 116.33, %Chg: -6.19 19820219, 113.22, %Chg: -2.67 19820319, 110.61, %Chg: -2.31 19820416, 116.81, %Chg: 5.61 19820521, 114.89, %Chg: -1.64 19820618, 107.28, %Chg: -6.62 19820716, 111.07, %Chg: 3.53 19820820, 113.02, %Chg: 1.76 19820917, 122.55, %Chg: 8.43 19821015, 133.57, %Chg: 8.99 19821119, 137.02, %Chg: 2.58 19821217, 137.49, %Chg: 0.34 19830121, 143.85, %Chg: 4.63 19830218, 148.00, %Chg: 2.88 19830318, 149.90, %Chg: 1.28 19830415, 158.75, %Chg: 5.90 19830520, 162.14, %Chg: 2.14 19830617, 169.13, %Chg: 4.31 19830715, 164.29, %Chg: -2.86 19830819, 163.98, %Chg: -0.19 19830916, 166.24, %Chg: 1.38 19831021, 165.95, %Chg: -0.17 19831118, 165.09, %Chg: -0.52 19831216, 162.39, %Chg: -1.64 19840120, 166.21, %Chg: 2.35 19840217, 155.74, %Chg: -6.30 19840316, 159.27, %Chg: 2.27 19840419, 158.02, %Chg: -0.78 19840518, 155.78, %Chg: -1.42 19840615, 149.03, %Chg: -4.33 19840720, 149.55, %Chg: 0.35 19840817, 164.14, %Chg: 9.76 19840921, 165.67, %Chg: 0.93 19841019, 167.96, %Chg: 1.38 19841116, 164.10, %Chg: -2.30 19841221, 165.51, %Chg: 0.86 19850118, 171.32, %Chg: 3.51 19850215, 181.60, %Chg: 6.00 19850315, 176.53, %Chg: -2.79 19850419, 181.11, %Chg: 2.59 19850517, 187.42, %Chg: 3.48 19850621, 189.61, %Chg: 1.17 19850719, 195.13, %Chg: 2.91 19850816, 186.10, %Chg: -4.63 19850920, 182.05, %Chg: -2.18 19851018, 187.04, %Chg: 2.74 19851115, 198.11, %Chg: 5.92 19851220, 210.94, %Chg: 6.48 19860117, 208.43, %Chg: -1.19 19860221, 224.62, %Chg: 7.77 19860321, 233.34, %Chg: 3.88 19860418, 242.38, %Chg: 3.87 19860516, 232.76, %Chg: -3.97 19860620, 247.58, %Chg: 6.37 19860718, 236.36, %Chg: -4.53 19860815, 247.15, %Chg: 4.57 19860919, 232.21, %Chg: -6.04 19861017, 238.84, %Chg: 2.86 19861121, 245.86, %Chg: 2.94 19861219, 249.73, %Chg: 1.57 19870116, 266.28, %Chg: 6.63 19870220, 285.48, %Chg: 7.21 19870320, 298.17, %Chg: 4.45 19870416, 286.91, %Chg: -3.78 19870515, 287.43, %Chg: 0.18 19870619, 306.97, %Chg: 6.80 19870717, 314.59, %Chg: 2.48 19870821, 335.90, %Chg: 6.77 19870918, 314.86, %Chg: -6.26 19871016, 282.70, %Chg: -10.21 19871120, 242.00, %Chg: -14.40 19871218, 249.16, %Chg: 2.96 19880115, 252.05, %Chg: 1.16 19880219, 261.61, %Chg: 3.79 19880318, 271.12, %Chg: 3.64 19880415, 259.77, %Chg: -4.19 19880520, 253.02, %Chg: -2.60 19880617, 270.68, %Chg: 6.98 19880715, 272.05, %Chg: 0.51 19880819, 260.24, %Chg: -4.34 19880916, 270.65, %Chg: 4.00 19881021, 283.66, %Chg: 4.81 19881118, 266.47, %Chg: -6.06 19881216, 276.29, %Chg: 3.69 19890120, 286.63, %Chg: 3.74 19890217, 296.76, %Chg: 3.53 19890317, 292.69, %Chg: -1.37 19890421, 309.61, %Chg: 5.78 19890519, 321.24, %Chg: 3.76 19890616, 321.35, %Chg: 0.03 19890721, 335.90, %Chg: 4.53 19890818, 346.03, %Chg: 3.02 19890915, 345.06, %Chg: -0.28 19891020, 347.16, %Chg: 0.61 19891117, 341.61, %Chg: -1.60 19891215, 350.14, %Chg: 2.50 19900119, 339.15, %Chg: -3.14 19900216, 332.72, %Chg: -1.90 19900316, 341.91, %Chg: 2.76 19900420, 335.12, %Chg: -1.99 19900518, 354.64, %Chg: 5.82 19900615, 362.91, %Chg: 2.33 19900720, 361.61, %Chg: -0.36 19900817, 327.83, %Chg: -9.34 19900921, 311.32, %Chg: -5.04 19901019, 312.48, %Chg: 0.37 19901116, 317.12, %Chg: 1.48 19901221, 331.75, %Chg: 4.61 19910118, 332.23, %Chg: 0.14 19910215, 369.06, %Chg: 11.09 19910315, 373.59, %Chg: 1.23 19910419, 384.20, %Chg: 2.84 19910517, 372.39, %Chg: -3.07 19910621, 377.75, %Chg: 1.44 19910719, 384.22, %Chg: 1.71 19910816, 385.58, %Chg: 0.35 19910920, 387.92, %Chg: 0.61 19911018, 392.50, %Chg: 1.18 19911115, 382.62, %Chg: -2.52 19911220, 387.04, %Chg: 1.16 19920117, 418.86, %Chg: 8.22 19920221, 411.43, %Chg: -1.77 19920320, 411.30, %Chg: -0.03 19920416, 416.04, %Chg: 1.15 19920515, 410.09, %Chg: -1.43 19920619, 403.67, %Chg: -1.57 19920717, 415.62, %Chg: 2.96 19920821, 414.85, %Chg: -0.19 19920918, 422.93, %Chg: 1.95 19921016, 411.73, %Chg: -2.65 19921120, 426.65, %Chg: 3.62 19921218, 441.28, %Chg: 3.43 19930115, 437.15, %Chg: -0.94 19930219, 434.22, %Chg: -0.67 19930319, 450.18, %Chg: 3.68 19930416, 448.94, %Chg: -0.28 19930521, 445.84, %Chg: -0.69 19930618, 443.68, %Chg: -0.48 19930716, 445.75, %Chg: 0.47 19930820, 456.16, %Chg: 2.34 19930917, 458.83, %Chg: 0.59 19931015, 469.50, %Chg: 2.33 19931119, 462.60, %Chg: -1.47 19931217, 466.38, %Chg: 0.82 19940121, 474.72, %Chg: 1.79 19940218, 467.69, %Chg: -1.48 19940318, 471.06, %Chg: 0.72 19940415, 446.18, %Chg: -5.28 19940520, 454.92, %Chg: 1.96 19940617, 458.45, %Chg: 0.78 19940715, 454.16, %Chg: -0.94 19940819, 463.68, %Chg: 2.10 19940916, 471.19, %Chg: 1.62 19941021, 464.89, %Chg: -1.34 19941118, 461.47, %Chg: -0.74 19941216, 458.80, %Chg: -0.58 19950120, 464.78, %Chg: 1.30 19950217, 481.97, %Chg: 3.70 19950317, 495.52, %Chg: 2.81 19950421, 508.49, %Chg: 2.62 19950519, 519.19, %Chg: 2.10 19950616, 539.83, %Chg: 3.98 19950721, 553.62, %Chg: 2.55 19950818, 559.21, %Chg: 1.01 19950915, 583.35, %Chg: 4.32 19951020, 587.46, %Chg: 0.70 19951117, 600.07, %Chg: 2.15 19951215, 616.34, %Chg: 2.71 19960119, 611.83, %Chg: -0.73 19960216, 647.98, %Chg: 5.91 19960315, 641.43, %Chg: -1.01 19960419, 645.07, %Chg: 0.57 19960517, 668.91, %Chg: 3.70 19960621, 666.84, %Chg: -0.31 19960719, 638.73, %Chg: -4.22 19960816, 665.21, %Chg: 4.15 19960920, 687.02, %Chg: 3.28 19961018, 710.82, %Chg: 3.46 19961115, 737.62, %Chg: 3.77 19961220, 748.87, %Chg: 1.53 19970117, 776.17, %Chg: 3.65 19970221, 801.77, %Chg: 3.30 19970321, 784.10, %Chg: -2.20 19970418, 766.34, %Chg: -2.27 19970516, 829.75, %Chg: 8.27 19970620, 898.70, %Chg: 8.31 19970718, 915.30, %Chg: 1.85 19970815, 900.81, %Chg: -1.58 19970919, 950.51, %Chg: 5.52 19971017, 944.16, %Chg: -0.67 19971121, 963.09, %Chg: 2.00 19971219, 946.78, %Chg: -1.69 19980116, 961.51, %Chg: 1.56 19980220, 1,034.21, %Chg: 7.56 19980320, 1,099.16, %Chg: 6.28 19980417, 1,122.72, %Chg: 2.14 19980515, 1,108.73, %Chg: -1.25 19980619, 1,100.65, %Chg: -0.73 19980717, 1,186.75, %Chg: 7.82 19980821, 1,081.24, %Chg: -8.89 19980918, 1,020.09, %Chg: -5.66 19981016, 1,056.42, %Chg: 3.56 19981120, 1,163.55, %Chg: 10.14 19981218, 1,188.03, %Chg: 2.10 19990115, 1,243.26, %Chg: 4.65 19990219, 1,239.22, %Chg: -0.32 19990319, 1,299.29, %Chg: 4.85 19990416, 1,319.00, %Chg: 1.52 19990521, 1,330.29, %Chg: 0.86 19990618, 1,342.97, %Chg: 0.95 19990716, 1,418.78, %Chg: 5.64 19990820, 1,336.61, %Chg: -5.79 19990917, 1,335.42, %Chg: -0.09 19991015, 1,247.41, %Chg: -6.59 19991119, 1,422.00, %Chg: 14.00 19991217, 1,421.03, %Chg: -0.07 20000121, 1,441.36, %Chg: 1.43 20000218, 1,346.09, %Chg: -6.61 20000317, 1,464.47, %Chg: 8.79 20000420, 1,434.54, %Chg: -2.04 20000519, 1,406.95, %Chg: -1.92 20000616, 1,464.46, %Chg: 4.09 20000721, 1,480.19, %Chg: 1.07 20000818, 1,491.72, %Chg: 0.78 20000915, 1,465.81, %Chg: -1.74 20001020, 1,396.93, %Chg: -4.70 20001117, 1,367.72, %Chg: -2.09 20001215, 1,312.15, %Chg: -4.06 20010119, 1,342.54, %Chg: 2.32 20010216, 1,301.53, %Chg: -3.05 20010316, 1,150.50, %Chg: -11.60 20010420, 1,242.98, %Chg: 8.04 20010518, 1,291.96, %Chg: 3.94 20010615, 1,214.36, %Chg: -6.01 20010720, 1,210.85, %Chg: -0.29 20010817, 1,161.97, %Chg: -4.04 20010921, 965.80, %Chg: -16.88 20011019, 1,073.48, %Chg: 11.15 20011116, 1,138.65, %Chg: 6.07 20011221, 1,144.89, %Chg: 0.55 20020118, 1,127.58, %Chg: -1.51 20020215, 1,104.18, %Chg: -2.08 20020315, 1,166.16, %Chg: 5.61 20020419, 1,125.17, %Chg: -3.51 20020517, 1,106.59, %Chg: -1.65 20020621, 989.14, %Chg: -10.61 20020719, 847.75, %Chg: -14.29 20020816, 928.77, %Chg: 9.56 20020920, 845.39, %Chg: -8.98 20021018, 884.39, %Chg: 4.61 20021115, 909.83, %Chg: 2.88 20021220, 895.76, %Chg: -1.55 20030117, 901.78, %Chg: 0.67 20030221, 848.17, %Chg: -5.94 20030321, 895.90, %Chg: 5.63 20030417, 893.58, %Chg: -0.26 20030516, 944.30, %Chg: 5.68 20030620, 995.69, %Chg: 5.44 20030718, 993.32, %Chg: -0.24 20030815, 990.67, %Chg: -0.27 20030919, 1,036.30, %Chg: 4.61 20031017, 1,039.32, %Chg: 0.29 20031121, 1,035.28, %Chg: -0.39 20031219, 1,088.66, %Chg: 5.16 20040116, 1,139.83, %Chg: 4.70 20040220, 1,144.11, %Chg: 0.38 20040319, 1,109.78, %Chg: -3.00 20040416, 1,134.61, %Chg: 2.24 20040521, 1,093.56, %Chg: -3.62 20040618, 1,135.02, %Chg: 3.79 20040716, 1,101.39, %Chg: -2.96 20040820, 1,098.35, %Chg: -0.28 20040917, 1,128.55, %Chg: 2.75 20041015, 1,108.20, %Chg: -1.80 20041119, 1,170.34, %Chg: 5.61 20041217, 1,194.20, %Chg: 2.04 20050121, 1,167.87, %Chg: -2.20 20050218, 1,201.59, %Chg: 2.89 20050318, 1,189.65, %Chg: -0.99 20050415, 1,142.62, %Chg: -3.95 20050520, 1,189.28, %Chg: 4.08 20050617, 1,216.96, %Chg: 2.33 20050715, 1,227.92, %Chg: 0.90 20050819, 1,219.71, %Chg: -0.67 20050916, 1,237.91, %Chg: 1.49 20051021, 1,179.59, %Chg: -4.71 20051118, 1,248.27, %Chg: 5.82 20051216, 1,267.32, %Chg: 1.53 20060120, 1,261.49, %Chg: -0.46 20060217, 1,287.24, %Chg: 2.04 20060317, 1,307.25, %Chg: 1.55 20060421, 1,311.28, %Chg: 0.31 20060519, 1,267.03, %Chg: -3.37 20060616, 1,251.54, %Chg: -1.22 20060721, 1,240.29, %Chg: -0.90 20060818, 1,302.30, %Chg: 5.00 20060915, 1,319.87, %Chg: 1.35 20061020, 1,368.60, %Chg: 3.69 20061117, 1,401.20, %Chg: 2.38 20061215, 1,427.09, %Chg: 1.85 20070119, 1,430.50, %Chg: 0.24 20070216, 1,455.54, %Chg: 1.75 20070316, 1,386.95, %Chg: -4.71 20070420, 1,484.35, %Chg: 7.02 20070518, 1,522.75, %Chg: 2.59 20070615, 1,532.91, %Chg: 0.67 20070720, 1,534.10, %Chg: 0.08 20070817, 1,445.94, %Chg: -5.75 20070921, 1,525.75, %Chg: 5.52 20071019, 1,500.63, %Chg: -1.65 20071116, 1,458.74, %Chg: -2.79 20071221, 1,484.46, %Chg: 1.76 20080118, 1,325.19, %Chg: -10.73 20080215, 1,349.99, %Chg: 1.87 20080320, 1,329.51, %Chg: -1.52 20080418, 1,390.33, %Chg: 4.57 20080516, 1,425.35, %Chg: 2.52 20080620, 1,317.93, %Chg: -7.54 20080718, 1,260.68, %Chg: -4.34 20080815, 1,298.19, %Chg: 2.98 20080919, 1,255.08, %Chg: -3.32 20081017, 940.55, %Chg: -25.06 20081121, 800.03, %Chg: -14.94 20081219, 887.88, %Chg: 10.98 20090116, 850.12, %Chg: -4.25 20090220, 770.05, %Chg: -9.42 20090320, 768.54, %Chg: -0.20 20090417, 869.60, %Chg: 13.15 20090515, 882.88, %Chg: 1.53 20090619, 921.23, %Chg: 4.34 20090717, 940.38, %Chg: 2.08 20090821, 1,026.13, %Chg: 9.12 20090918, 1,068.30, %Chg: 4.11 20091016, 1,087.68, %Chg: 1.81 20091120, 1,091.38, %Chg: 0.34 20091218, 1,102.47, %Chg: 1.02 20100115, 1,136.03, %Chg: 3.04 20100219, 1,109.17, %Chg: -2.36 20100319, 1,159.90, %Chg: 4.57 20100416, 1,192.13, %Chg: 2.78 20100521, 1,087.69, %Chg: -8.76 20100618, 1,117.51, %Chg: 2.74 20100716, 1,064.88, %Chg: -4.71 20100820, 1,071.69, %Chg: 0.64 20100917, 1,125.59, %Chg: 5.03 20101015, 1,176.19, %Chg: 4.50 20101119, 1,199.73, %Chg: 2.00 20101217, 1,243.91, %Chg: 3.68 20110121, 1,283.35, %Chg: 3.17 20110218, 1,343.01, %Chg: 4.65 20110318, 1,279.20, %Chg: -4.75 20110415, 1,319.68, %Chg: 3.16 20110520, 1,333.27, %Chg: 1.03 20110617, 1,271.50, %Chg: -4.63 20110715, 1,316.14, %Chg: 3.51 20110819, 1,123.53, %Chg: -14.63 20110916, 1,216.01, %Chg: 8.23 20111021, 1,238.25, %Chg: 1.83 20111118, 1,215.65, %Chg: -1.83 20111216, 1,219.66, %Chg: 0.33 20120120, 1,315.38, %Chg: 7.85 20120217, 1,361.23, %Chg: 3.49 20120316, 1,404.17, %Chg: 3.15 20120420, 1,378.53, %Chg: -1.83 20120518, 1,295.22, %Chg: -6.04 20120615, 1,342.84, %Chg: 3.68 20120720, 1,362.66, %Chg: 1.48 20120817, 1,418.16, %Chg: 4.07 20120921, 1,460.15, %Chg: 2.96 20121019, 1,433.19, %Chg: -1.85 20121116, 1,359.88, %Chg: -5.12 20121221, 1,430.15, %Chg: 5.17 20130118, 1,485.98, %Chg: 3.90 20130215, 1,519.79, %Chg: 2.28 20130315, 1,560.70, %Chg: 2.69 20130419, 1,555.25, %Chg: -0.35 20130517, 1,667.47, %Chg: 7.22 20130621, 1,592.43, %Chg: -4.50 20130719, 1,692.09, %Chg: 6.26 20130816, 1,655.83, %Chg: -2.14 20130920, 1,709.91, %Chg: 3.27 20131018, 1,744.50, %Chg: 2.02 20131115, 1,798.18, %Chg: 3.08 20131220, 1,818.32, %Chg: 1.12 20140117, 1,838.70, %Chg: 1.12 20140221, 1,836.25, %Chg: -0.13 20140321, 1,866.52, %Chg: 1.65 20140417, 1,864.85, %Chg: -0.09 20140516, 1,877.86, %Chg: 0.70 20140620, 1,962.87, %Chg: 4.53 20140718, 1,978.22, %Chg: 0.78 20140815, 1,955.06, %Chg: -1.17 20140919, 2,010.40, %Chg: 2.83 20141017, 1,886.76, %Chg: -6.15 20141121, 2,063.50, %Chg: 9.37 20141219, 2,070.65, %Chg: 0.35 20150116, 2,019.42, %Chg: -2.47 20150220, 2,110.30, %Chg: 4.50 20150320, 2,108.10, %Chg: -0.10 20150417, 2,081.18, %Chg: -1.28 20150515, 2,122.73, %Chg: 2.00 20150619, 2,109.99, %Chg: -0.60 20150717, 2,126.64, %Chg: 0.79 20150821, 1,970.89, %Chg: -7.32 20150918, 1,958.03, %Chg: -0.65 20151016, 2,033.11, %Chg: 3.83 20151120, 2,089.17, %Chg: 2.76 20151218, 2,005.55, %Chg: -4.00 20160115, 1,880.33, %Chg: -6.24 20160219, 1,917.78, %Chg: 1.99 20160318, 2,049.58, %Chg: 6.87 20160415, 2,080.73, %Chg: 1.52 20160520, 2,052.32, %Chg: -1.37 20160617, 2,071.22, %Chg: 0.92 20160715, 2,161.74, %Chg: 4.37 20160819, 2,183.87, %Chg: 1.02 20160916, 2,139.16, %Chg: -2.05 20161021, 2,141.16, %Chg: 0.09 20161118, 2,181.90, %Chg: 1.90 20161216, 2,258.07, %Chg: 3.49 20170120, 2,271.31, %Chg: 0.59 20170217, 2,351.16, %Chg: 3.52 TOTAL MONTHS = 658 DOWN MONTHS = 253 UP MONTHS = 405 %UP MONTHS = %61.5501519756839 AVG %UP MONTH = %3.16183275960334 %DOWN MONTHS = %38.4498480243161 AVG %DOWN MONTH = %-3.42494013149779 DROPS <= -5% = 141
Five Best Single Month Performances (in points) 2000-03, +132.16 points 2011-10, +121.88 points 2010-09, +91.87 points 2001-04, +89.13 points 2000-08, +86.85 points Five Best Single Month Performances (in %) 1974-10, +16.30% 1987-01, +13.18% 1975-01, +12.28% 1976-01, +11.83% 1982-08, +11.60% Five Worst Single Month Performances (in points) 2008-10, -197.61 points 1998-08, -163.39 points 2001-02, -126.07 points 2008-06, -120.38 points 2008-09, -116.47 points Five Worst Single Month Performances (in %) 1987-10, -21.76% 2008-10, -16.94% 1998-08, -14.58% 1974-09, -11.93% 1973-11, -11.39% according to http://www.davemanuel.com/sp500-historical-data.php
%% Good work, red, white+ blue + black work.In one sense,[even though the indexes may not be the same stocks]i still like to look @ 1929-1933, also. WHY?? Because the Federal reserve was around then.Even though the bear markets may not get as fierce; they could. Strange time, some dirt comes from Chicago; but then, topsoil dirt stormed/ blew back in Chicago--midnite @ high noon + Fed RAISED stock margin rates to 25%[ from zero, goose egg %, to 25%]LOL