May 3, 2012 Another Down Day with Positive History
The NADAQs decline, joining the second drop in a row for the DJIA and the S&P500, is the 30th repeat of this pattern. In the past, most of these days occurred while prices were trending higher. This combination happened just once during the decline of 2007/2009.
As for the following day, in the past, prices increased 23 times, falling on just 6 days.
DJIA -.08 percent
NASDAQ .31 percent
S&P500 - .25 percent