Chart    Table:  2000-2003   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

February

13

*

1985

0.61%

0.62%

0.40%

0.12%

0.24%

0.15%

March

26

 

1985

-0.03%

0.47%

0.69%

1.06%

1.47%

1.26%

May

21

 

1985

-0.18%

-0.49%

-0.79%

-0.79%

-1.22%

-1.30%

July

10

*

1985

0.46%

1.13%

1.76%

1.98%

2.70%

3.57%

August

20

 

1985

0.25%

0.68%

0.41%

0.36%

0.22%

0.12%

October

1

 

1985

0.51%

0.29%

0.39%

0.05%

-0.72%

-1.21%

November

5

*

1985

0.35%

0.85%

1.10%

1.97%

2.75%

3.46%

December

17

*

1985

-0.59%

-0.82%

-0.77%

-0.63%

-1.10%

-1.47%

February

12

*

1986

0.39%

0.86%

1.54%

2.16%

2.08%

2.38%

April

1

 

1986

-0.15%

-0.16%

-0.06%

-0.66%

-1.51%

-0.43%

May

20

 

1986

0.40%

0.60%

1.53%

2.13%

2.91%

3.50%

July

9

*

1986

0.70%

0.35%

0.23%

-1.50%

-3.06%

-2.80%

August

19

 

1986

-0.12%

0.44%

0.50%

0.59%

0.00%

0.32%

September

23

 

1986

0.23%

0.56%

-0.30%

-0.27%

-1.34%

-0.53%

November

5

 

1986

0.05%

-0.18%

-0.25%

-0.53%

-0.16%

-0.19%

December

16

*

1986

0.13%

-0.29%

-0.55%

-0.31%

-0.57%

-1.29%

February

11

*

1987

1.18%

1.41%

2.23%

3.64%

3.37%

3.35%

March

31

 

1987

0.70%

0.30%

1.17%

2.41%

2.51%

1.63%

May

19

 

1987

-1.30%

-1.69%

-1.23%

-1.48%

-0.51%

-0.23%

July

7

 

1987

-0.13%

-0.04%

0.11%

0.21%

0.34%

1.42%

August

18

 

1987

-1.08%

-0.82%

0.24%

0.78%

0.48%

0.76%

September

22

 

1987

0.43%

1.08%

1.20%

1.35%

1.44%

1.34%

November

3

 

1987

-2.34%

-2.50%

-0.65%

-0.59%

-2.41%

-4.00%

December

16

*

1987

2.10%

2.18%

4.55%

5.11%

4.68%

6.01%

February

10

*

1988

1.26%

1.76%

2.41%

2.83%

2.99%

3.09%

March

29

 

1988

0.69%

0.37%

1.14%

0.40%

0.81%

1.98%

May

17

 

1988

-0.29%

-1.70%

-1.90%

-1.96%

-2.70%

-2.19%

June

30

*

1988

0.77%

0.77%

1.14%

0.97%

0.96%

0.68%

August

16

 

1988

0.43%

0.57%

0.84%

0.90%

-0.09%

-0.14%

September

20

 

1988

0.17%

0.38%

0.37%

0.40%

-0.18%

-0.32%

November

1

 

1988

-0.03%

-0.18%

0.08%

-0.38%

-1.56%

-0.95%

December

14

*

1988

-0.06%

0.01%

0.76%

0.91%

0.82%

0.70%

February

8

*

1989

-0.30%

-0.68%

-1.67%

-1.94%

-1.75%

-1.23%

March

28

 

1989

0.50%

0.78%

1.00%

1.54%

1.77%

1.65%

May

16

 

1989

-0.13%

0.53%

0.83%

1.34%

1.28%

0.90%

July

6

*

1989

0.60%

1.25%

1.32%

1.73%

2.26%

2.51%

August

22

 

1989

0.01%

0.73%

1.65%

1.84%

1.93%

1.80%

October

3

 

1989

0.44%

0.87%

1.15%

1.78%

2.22%

1.88%

November

14

 

1989

-0.42%

-0.02%

-0.14%

0.17%

-0.05%

-0.39%

December

19

*

1989

-0.39%

0.21%

1.16%

1.96%

2.12%

2.93%

* = two-day FOMC meeting