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Historically speaking Energy sector performs well in March......

Some more stats this time for March:

http://asxiq.com/blog/now-that-march-is-calling-on-all-ords/

now that March is calling on All Ords

By asxiq on March 1, 2012


March month stock market seasonality on All Ords

Here is a look at how the “All Ords” index performed during the month of March, since 1987 till 2011. ( last 25 years of data )

Average gain of : 0.97%

Up 56% ( 14 out of 25 ) of the time where it gained an average of 3.75%,

Down 44% ( 11 out of 25) of the time where it lost an average -2.56%

Maximum gain: 13.18% in 1988

Maximum loss : -5.83 in 1994

Median gain: 0.14%

During the period’s from 2002 till 2004 , and from 2009 till 2011 all the March months have given positive returns , 3 consecutive winners

During the period from 1994 till 1997, all the March months have given negative returns , 4 consecutive losers!
Below is a table that shows the historical March performance of ”All Ords ” index since 1987.