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When ranking the best month(s) of the year, I calculate the individual rankings for each of the categories listed below, add them together, then rank the sums of each different month against each other. I do inverse the Average Negative Gains, so the smaller number ranks 1^st

Winning ratio (how many time the index closed up)
Average gains (the overall average gains of the month for every year counted)
Average Positive gains (only counts months which closed positive)
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Stocks were mostly down yesterday, but depending on the index you were watching, the losses were not shared equally. The large caps were down modestly, the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) was up, but small caps of the Russell 2000 lost 1.2% and the Dow Transportation Index plummeted 2.6%. Overall there were about 3 stocks down on the day, for every one that was up.

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