Analysis: Sell in May and go away? Think again | CNN Business

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It’s “sell in May and go away” season. Not everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

The Wall Street maxim, popularized by The Stock Trader’s Almanac, suggests investors should sell their equity holdings this month and re-enter the market in November, based on the historical tendency of stocks to underperform between May and October compared with the

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