by LPL Research
This is Thanksgiving week, and we all have many things to be thankful for. With equities near all-time highs, the end of the earnings recession, and positive seasonality for the next few months, investors have much to be thankful for considering this year started off as the worst ever after 28 days for the S&P 500.
One popular question is, what happens during the week of Thanksgiving? Historically, this is a strong week, and going back 20 years shows the average Thanksgiving week was up a solid 0.8%. Of course, that was skewed by a huge 12% jump in 2008, and the median return dropped to slightly positive as a result.
Here is a daily breakdown of each Thanksgiving week going back 20 years. Note that the only week to see all four days higher was indeed during the bear market of 2008, while 2011 was the only year to drop all four days. Also, Monday had the highest average return, but Wednesday tended to be green the highest percentage of the time. Finally, last year was one of the calmest Thanksgiving weeks ever, as not a single day closed higher or lower by 0.2%.
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