Simple Investing

Want to make the most of stock market investments? Then do this:

Chris Perruna:

If an investor invested $10,000 in the DJIA on November 1 and sold on April 30 every year from 1950 to 2004, they would have earned $492,060. If this same investor did the opposite and had bought on May 1 and sold on October 31 from 1950 to 2004, a $318 loss would have resulted.

This is the basis of the old statement "sell in May and go away":