October has a foul rep on Wall Avenue, and rightfully so. This month has seen a number of the greatest market swings in historical past, together with Black Monday in 1987 — when the S & P 500 plunged 21.8% for its greatest one-day drop ever. Nonetheless, this month has additionally seen the top of extra bear markets than every other. Information from the Inventory Dealer’s Almanac reveals that, of the 23 S & P 500 bear markets since World Battle II, seven resulted in October, greater than every other month. Nearly all of Dow Jones Industrial Common and Nasdaq Composite bear markets have additionally resulted in October. What’s extra, there are some indicators that the top of this bear market might be close to. The foremost averages on Thursday staged a large reversal, with the Dow ending the session up greater than 800 factors after being down almost 550 factors to begin the day. Bespoke Funding Group additionally famous that Thursday marked simply the fifth time since 1993 that the S & P 500 fell greater than 2% in a day to then shut greater than 2% greater. The benchmark index noticed stable positive aspects over the following month in three of the final 4 cases. Ryan Detrick of the Carson Group additionally factors out that the S & P 500 closed about 5% off its intraday lows and is coming off a 52-week low. “We additionally noticed that in March 2009, December 2018, and March 2020. Hmmm…” Detrick stated in a tweet . Thursday’s motion “positively offers the bulls some ammo they’ve been missing a lot of this 12 months. On the very least, this might give some near-term aid,” wrote BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky. That is “removed from an all-clear sign and we aren’t but able to proclaim that the worst is behind us,” Krinsky stated. Certainly, most of the headwinds hurting the inventory market aren’t going away anytime quickly. Inflation stays excessive, and the Federal Reserve does not count on to maneuver away from greater rates of interest within the close to future.