{"id":196332,"date":"2023-09-15T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=196332"},"modified":"2023-09-15T16:12:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T20:12:53","slug":"thank-eisenhower-for-sell-rosh-hashanah-buy-yom-kippur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/stocks\/thank-eisenhower-for-sell-rosh-hashanah-buy-yom-kippur\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank Eisenhower for &#8220;Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur&#8221;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During a recent \u201clightning round\u201d interview, I was asked about the best piece of business advice that I got early in my career.&nbsp; I blurted out a pearl of wisdom offered by Marty Siegel<sup>i<\/sup>, my first boss at Salomon Brothers in the late \u201880s: \u201cDress British, think Yiddish, talk sports.\u201d&nbsp; My fashion preference has moved towards Italy over the years, but the other two nuggets 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likelihood of success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aforementioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/09\/15\/sell-rosh-hashanah-buy-yom-kippur-whats-reason-for-this-classic-seasonal-trade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNBC article<\/a> references work by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlmanacTrader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeffrey Hirsch<\/a>, the publisher of the <em>Stock Trader\u2019s Almanac<\/em>.&nbsp; That publication, which was created by Jeffrey\u2019s father Yale in 1967, was a fixture on trading desks by the time I began working.&nbsp; In the pre-internet days, almanacs were a key research tool because they contained a wide swath of information in an easy format.&nbsp; If you wanted to know, say, the population of Idaho, you could go to the World Almanac and look it up.&nbsp; The Trader\u2019s Almanac combined all sorts of useful statistics and market knowledge in a calendar format, making it an invaluable resource.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In any event, the younger Hirsch recently displayed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlmanacTrader\/status\/1702032092945858570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a very useful table<\/a> on social media.&nbsp; It shows that on average, the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) over the Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur period averaged a -.0.5% loss since 1971, with losses occurring 29 out of 52 times.&nbsp; That\u2019s not the most robust strategy, to be fair, but not a terrible one.&nbsp; Part of the problem is that Jewish holidays are a moving target.&nbsp; They move around based on a lunar calendar, unlike civic and most Christian holidays \u2013 Good Friday and Easter being two notable exceptions.&nbsp; Thus, while the seasonality is generally sensible, the specific timing varies in a given year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So why does this adage persist?&nbsp; I like Ike for a reason.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is indeed a religious aspect to the advice contained in the adage.&nbsp; If one sells his positions before the holidays begin, then one won\u2019t be distracted by markets when one is meant to be atoning for his sins.&nbsp; But according to some of the then-old-timers at Salomon, along with my dad, who also started his career there, 1955 was the game-changer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU)<sup>ii<\/sup> closed at 483.66 on September 16, Rosh Hashanah eve.\u202f It rose 3.78 points, 0.78%, over the ensuing week to close at 487.44 on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup>.&nbsp;&nbsp; But things changed over the next weekend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dwight Eisenhower had a heart attack on Saturday, September 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 1955.&nbsp; Yom Kippur began Sunday night, the 25<sup>th<\/sup> and continued through Monday the 26<sup>th<\/sup>.\u202f When markets reopened on Monday, the Dow fell 31.89 points (-6.54%), which was then the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> biggest single-day point drop.\u202f Those who had sold on Rosh Hashanah avoided a huge drop!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u202fAs you know, traders are a very superstitious bunch, so any strategy that could avoid a huge loss immediately became popular &#8212; regardless of one\u2019s religious beliefs.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually, the \u201cbuy Yom Kippur\u201d part didn\u2019t work in 1955 \u2013 at least not initially.&nbsp; It was in fact a rocky October, with the Dow bottoming at 438.58 on October 11<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp; The Dow rose 2.28% to 465.92 on September 27<sup>th<\/sup>, the day after Yom Kippur, when it became apparent that the President could pull through, and another 1.68% on the 28<sup>th<\/sup>.\u202f But starting the following Monday, October 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, when the average dropped 2.3% to 455.69, INDU never closed above 465.92 until November 4<sup>th<\/sup>.\u202f Yet in another seasonal parallel to prior years, the October 1955 low proved to be a lasting one \u2013 at least until it was pierced in October 1957 when 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