August spooks many stock investors but it’s actually one of the Dow’s best months

MarketWatch2021-08-04

August has delivered investors above-average gains over much of the U.S. market’s history So many investors believe that stocks perform poorly in August that a shrewd contrarian bet would be that the ...

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