[quote=livinincali][quote=svelte]If you have no appetite for rollercoasters, you should park your money on the side during October.

It is a notoriously volatile month.[/quote]

As is the case in every major market decline we go ahead an ignore the fact that we probably topped and are looking at a 50% decline over the next 18 months. It’s just a bad month. .[/quote]

DJIA
17042 – Sept 30
17390 – Oct 31

SP500
1972 – Sept 30
2018 – Oct 31

NASDAQ Composite
4493 – Sept 30
4630 – Oct 31

There will always be another correction in future months, but my statement about October held true in 2014.