Investing on Friday the 13th
For all of you day traders out there… According to a recent CNN/Money article, you might want to try your luck investing on Friday the 13th. Over the past 50 years, the stock market (or at least the Dow) has performed better on this traditionally unlucky day than it has on a typical Friday.
Published on May 12th, 2005 - 2 Comments
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DIA is the ETF fund if you want to bet on the DOW tomorrow. QQQQ for Nasdaq, and SPY for S&P500.
Comment by Smarty — May 13th 2005 @ 12:56 amBuy Amgen!
Heading back to $70
Comment by Livinglikekings — May 13th 2005 @ 2:09 pm