Chart    Table:  2000-2004   1995-1999   1990-1994   1985-1989   1980-1984
FOMC Meeting Dates Nasdaq Composite's Cumulative Return

Month

Day

 

Year

FOMC Day

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

January

9

*

1980

0.61%

1.62%

2.12%

2.47%

2.84%

3.52%

February

5

*

1980

0.11%

0.60%

1.08%

1.99%

1.51%

1.57%

March

18

 

1980

-0.56%

0.19%

-0.04%

-0.64%

-3.64%

-5.14%

April

22

 

1980

1.98%

2.89%

4.22%

3.64%

4.10%

4.71%

May

20

 

1980

-0.21%

-0.33%

0.49%

1.52%

1.94%

2.35%

July

9

 

1980

0.31%

0.16%

0.76%

1.80%

2.12%

2.15%

August

12

 

1980

-0.28%

-0.05%

0.93%

1.57%

0.07%

-0.47%

September

16

 

1980

0.91%

2.30%

2.12%

3.03%

3.35%

2.88%

October

21

 

1980

-0.35%

0.38%

-0.68%

-0.50%

-1.42%

-1.72%

November

18

 

1980

1.08%

1.70%

2.44%

2.22%

1.30%

1.89%

December

19

*

1980

0.97%

1.93%

1.96%

2.11%

2.69%

1.95%

February

3

*

1981

0.24%

0.77%

1.66%

2.48%

1.99%

1.87%

March

31

 

1981

0.58%

1.14%

1.44%

1.77%

1.11%

1.34%

May

18

 

1981

0.20%

-0.18%

0.52%

0.85%

1.26%

1.72%

July

7

*

1981

-0.52%

-0.32%

0.44%

0.69%

0.84%

0.37%

August

18

 

1981

-1.26%

-1.16%

-0.80%

-1.38%

-4.24%

-5.66%

October

6

*

1981

-0.02%

1.54%

2.74%

2.88%

2.89%

3.23%

November

17

 

1981

0.26%

0.22%

0.08%

0.73%

0.43%

0.95%

December

22

*

1981

-0.37%

-0.47%

-0.34%

-0.63%

-1.25%

-0.87%

February

2

*

1982

0.34%

0.33%

0.17%

0.74%

-1.17%

-2.31%

March

30

*

1982

-0.05%

0.09%

1.03%

1.74%

1.54%

1.81%

May

18

 

1982

-0.58%

-1.60%

-2.24%

-2.41%

-2.78%

-3.09%

July

1

*

1982

-0.41%

-0.73%

-1.21%

-1.88%

-2.63%

-1.89%

August

24

 

1982

1.38%

2.97%

4.88%

4.54%

3.81%

4.61%

October

5

 

1982

0.40%

2.11%

4.03%

5.78%

7.60%

7.52%

November

16

 

1982

-1.91%

-0.69%

-0.03%

0.03%

-1.55%

-1.82%

December

21

*

1982

0.28%

1.39%

1.95%

2.33%

1.90%

1.93%

February

9

*

1983

0.11%

1.46%

2.21%

3.01%

3.17%

3.17%

March

29

*

1983

-0.14%

0.61%

0.61%

-0.16%

-0.12%

-1.00%

May

24

 

1983

1.15%

1.74%

2.48%

2.70%

1.60%

1.35%

July

13

*

1983

-0.74%

-0.45%

-1.28%

-2.10%

-1.82%

-0.05%

August

23

 

1983

-1.71%

-2.64%

-3.09%

-2.83%

-3.15%

-2.98%

October

4

 

1983

0.06%

-0.02%

0.39%

0.92%

0.94%

0.26%

November

15

*

1983

-0.21%

0.15%

0.63%

0.63%

1.27%

1.80%

December

20

*

1983

-0.39%

0.02%

0.23%

0.35%

0.40%

0.36%

January

31

*

1984

-0.30%

-1.04%

-1.14%

-1.94%

-3.93%

-4.24%

March

27

*

1984

-0.08%

0.69%

0.93%

0.59%

0.20%

-0.17%

May

22

*

1984

-0.97%

-1.47%

-3.19%

-3.26%

-4.33%

-4.61%

July

17

*

1984

-0.08%

-0.62%

-1.20%

-1.85%

-2.84%

-3.41%

August

21

 

1984

1.24%

1.45%

1.56%

1.82%

1.23%

1.66%

October

2

 

1984

-0.71%

-1.23%

-1.07%

-0.97%

-1.33%

-1.52%

November

7

 

1984

-0.32%

-0.42%

-0.42%

-0.51%

-1.08%

-1.42%

December

18

*

1984

2.09%

2.69%

2.53%

2.44%

3.09%

3.19%

* = two-day FOMC meeting