Time Out.
A reasonably solid last few days of the month wasn’t enough to rescue August from being the first losing month for stocks since February, with the Large Cap S&P 500, the tech-heavy NASDAQ-100 and the Small Cap Russell 2000 losing 1.8%, 2.2% and 4.5% respectively.
We're now heading into what is often the rockiest part of the year. September is the only month to have historically seen more stock market declines than advances over the years and October has previously hosted some of the most spectacular bouts of volatility.
This particular September/October period carries its own additional risk…
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