Quotations and Literature Forum

Hello, There's a quote (maybe by Mark Twain?) that goes something like this:

The worst months to invest money in the stock market are October, January, and May. The others are February, June, November, March, August, April, September, July, and December.

I would love to have the correct quotation, and the source!
Many thanks.

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I couldn't find it at my favorite source for Twain quotes at http://www.twainquotes.com
so I'm going to email the editor of that website and see if she can verify it.

"October: This is one of the particularly dangerous months to invest in stocks. Other dangerous months are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February."
~Mark Twain
http://www.aardvarkarchie.com/quotes/business.htm
http://www.insultmonger.com/insults/wit ... people.htm
http://401kpsp.com/401kquotes.htm

This is the reply I received from the person that manages http://www.twainquotes.com (Barb)

That is indeed a Twain quote. It is from PUDD'NHEAD WILSON
and appears at the beginning of Chapter 13 as a quote from
"Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar".

The worst months to invest money in the stock market are October, January, and May. The others are February, June, November, March, August, April, September, July, and December.

really interesting..................now most are prefer like this.

I believe Niels Bohr said much the same thing!