Why market timing doesn’t work: S&P 500 is up 14% this year, but just 8 days explain the gains
The S&P 500 is up 14% this year, but just eight days that explain most of the gains.
If you want a simple indication of why market timing is not an effective investment strategy, take a look at the data on the S&P 500 year to date.
Nicholas Colas at DataTrek notes that there have only been 11 more up days than down days this year (113 up, 102 down) and yet the S&P 500 is higher by 14% year to date.
How to explain that the S&P is up 14% but the number of up days is about the same as the down days? Just saying “there’s been a rally in big cap tech” does not quite do justice to what has been happening.
source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/08/market-timing-doesnt-work-sp-500-14percent-rally-explained-by-just-8-days.html