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sell in May and stay away

sell in May and stay away is the alternative form of sell in May and go away.

Meaning of sell in May and go away

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

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What is sell in May and stay away the alternative form of?
Sell in May and stay away is the alternative form of sell in May and go away.

Words near sell in May and stay away in the dictionary

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

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