In the past 21 years, February has been rewarding on 13 occasions with an average return of 4.65%. The month delivered some of the best monthly returns in the stock market’s history . February 1992 delivered a handsome 32% gain in a month. The other good years for the February performance were 1991 (24% returns), 1996 (16%), 1998 (13%) and 2002 (8%).
On three occasions in the past four years, the returns were subdued , gains during February 2010 being 0.44%. The average performance in the decade was positive, with investors gaining on six occasions since 2000. The worst performance was in 2007, when the returns turned negative at 8.18%, 2009 (5.65%), 1995 (5.45) and 2001 (1.84).
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