Published July 24, 2026
Investors with longer memories know all to well the hazards of the late summer/early fall. The Great Financial Crisis began with a seemingly one-off announcement in August 2007. By September of 2008, it was a full-blown crisis. Then, the August budget wrangling of 2015, which gave trend-followers a severe headache. Market volatility spiked amid a sharp selloff in August, followed by a weak September, only for October to reverse course and recover the entire loss in a matter of days. Volatility. (more…)