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sell in May and go away

sell in May and go away phrase: stock market securities can be expected to increase in value to a greater degree in the months from November through April than in the months from May through October, and profit-minded investors should manage their portfolios accordingly.

Phrase

sell in May and go away

  1. Stock market securities can be expected to increase in value to a greater degree in the months from November through April than in the months from May through October, and profit-minded investors should manage their portfolios accordingly.
    • If ever there was a year in which, as the saying goes, “to sell in May and go away”, this was surely it. . . . From the beginning of May, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood above 10,000, it slid to a low in July of 7,702.2002 August 23, “Jumping but jumpy”, in The Economist, retrieved 11 Oct 2015
    • "Sell in May, and go away" is an old English proverb, but it does have some basis in reality. In the 1980s, Yale Hirsch, founder of the Stock Trader's Almanac, crunched the numbers. . . . From 1950 to 2007, the market from May to October provided an average annual gain of 0.6%, enough to earn...2009 May 15, Ben Steverman, “Stocks: Sell or Stay in May?”, in Businessweek, retrieved 11 Oct 2015

Synonyms of sell in May and go away

Forms of sell in May and go away

alternative formsell in May
alternative formsell in May and stay away
alternative formsell in May then go away

Questions about sell in May and go away

What does sell in May and go away mean?
Sell in May and go away means stock market securities can be expected to increase in value to a greater degree in the months from November through April than in the months from May through October, and profit-minded investors should manage their portfolios accordingly.
What part of speech is sell in May and go away?
Sell in May and go away is a phrase.

Words near sell in May and go away in the dictionary

  1. sell down
  2. sell down the river
  3. sell freezers to Eskimos
  4. sell ice to Eskimos
  5. sell in May
  6. sell in May and go away
  7. sell in May and stay away
  8. sell in May then go away
  9. sell in May, then go away
  10. sell in May, then stay away
  11. sell like hot cakes

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