Greenspan's Finale.

Today's Fed meeting will mark the final day in Fed Chairman illustrious career and the beginning of the new Chairman Ben Bernanke.  That is a bit of a question mark for the market as is what they will say today. 

For that reason I won't even venture a guess as to what might happen.  I will mention that any strong move one way or the other after the announcement at 2:15 PM ET, tends to reverse itself in the days that follow.

One thing I will talk about is February.  Looking at some historical data we see that February is the one month that doesn't fit well in the November through April six month stretch of strong gains for the market.


                                     Chart provided courtesy of www.sentimentrader.com
 

Other than the final trading day of the month, February is historically very mediocre at best.


                                 Chart provided courtesy of www.sentimentrader.com

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