Monday, December 01, 2008

Market Returns Year To Date

Here are the stock market returns last month {Nov.} and year to date {YTD}.

S&P 500.............Nov=-7.5%..........YTD=-33.44%
Dow Jones..........Nov=-5.3%..........YTD=-38.96%
Nasdaq...............Nov=-9.42%........YTD=-42.10%
Russell 2000.......Nov=-11.42%.......YTD=-38.27%

One small bright note is that the market rallied 19% in the past 5 trading sessions which is its best 5 day rally since 1933.