The Last Week of the Year
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Date updated:12-21-2006

The last week of the year has strong bullish tendencies as there is little news out to effect stocks and mutual funds who are busy window dressing up their portfolio.

BUY: The close the day before the last week of the year begins
SELL: at the close on the last trading day of the year

Results: See to the left. We show the indices and some stocks that are both good and bad, historically, during the last week of the year.

symbol name last price % change open
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  • ^DJI
    Dow Jones Industr
  • $8740.87
  • +0.22%
  • $8721.60

Since 1944 In 45 of the past 62 years the Dow has been up in the last week of the year for an average return (across all 62 years) of +0.63 during that week.

People owning ^DJI also tend to own: No records

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  • ^IXIC
    Nasdaq Composite
  • $1836.80
  • +0.44%
  • $1821.22

The Nasdaq has been up the last week of the year for 17 of the last 22 for an average return of 1.01% during that week.

People owning ^IXIC also tend to own: ^GSPC^NYA

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  • ^RUT
    Russell 2000 Inde
  • $526.63
  • 0.00%
  • $521.33

The Russell 2000 has been up the last week of the year for 16 of the past 19 years for an average return during that week of an eyepopping 1.87%

People owning ^RUT also tend to own: AAPLGOOGPCUSHLD

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  • ^VIX
    Cboe Volatility I
  • $29.63
  • 0.00%
  • $30.04

Ironically, the VIX has been up for the last 13 out of 15 years during the last week of the year for an average of 8.44%

People owning ^VIX also tend to own: AAPLOIH2684097.NX399230.SZCX10GI.COCX15GI.COCX15PI.CO

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  • MSFT
    Microsoft Corpora
  • $21.40
  • 0.00%
  • $21.42

Avoid big caps during the last week of the year: MSFT only up 3 out of 12 times during the last week. INTC only up 3 out of the last 12 years and even XOM up only 6 out of the past 16 years during the last week.

People owning MSFT also tend to own: AAPLAMDCSCODELLGOOGIBMINTC

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  • SSCC
    Sscc
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

Up 12 years in a row during the last week of the year for an average of 4.95%

People owning SSCC also tend to own: BBADNDNFIDIXINFSIRSNPLUG

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  • PETM
    Petsmart
  • $20.90
  • -0.43%
  • $20.82

PETM up 11 out of the past 12 years during the last week for an average of 5.23%. Last year was the first year down.

People owning PETM also tend to own: ATVICCJCELGCRZODSXDVNEMC

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  • LNCR
    Lincare Holdings
  • $22.21
  • +0.18%
  • $22.02

Up 11 out of the past 12 years during the last week for an average of 2.39% per year. 1996 was the one down year.

People owning LNCR also tend to own: ADPADTNANFAVRBRLCHTTELX

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