Sep
22

FOMC Announcement on Tap

By on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 at 1:31 pm

The bullish pre-FOMC announcement time frame is in effect from today’s close until 2pm ET Wednesday.  The last thirty occurrences are listed below…

S&P500 Performance Pre-FOMC Announcement
09/22/09 4:00pm ET  ???   – 09/23/09 ??? @ 2:00pm ET
08/11/09 4:00pm ET 994.35 – 08/12/09 +13.25 @ 2:00pm ET
06/23/09 4:00pm ET 895.10 – 06/24/09 +11.54 @ 2:00pm ET
04/28/09 4:00pm ET 855.16 – 04/29/09 +20.45 @ 2:00pm ET
03/17/09 4:00pm ET 777.53 – 03/18/09 +0.91 @ 2:00pm ET
01/27/09 4:00pm ET 846.15 – 01/28/09 +25.51 @ 2:00pm ET
12/15/08 4:00pm ET 869.40 – 12/16/08 +13.28 @ 2:00pm ET
10/28/08 4:00pm ET 940.27 – 10/29/08 +7.85 @ 2:00pm ET
09/15/08 4:00pm ET 1197.72 – 09/16/08 -5.86 @ 2:00pm ET
08/04/08 4:00pm ET 1248.69 – 08/05/08 +23.56 @ 2:00pm ET
06/24/08 4:00pm ET 1314.76 – 06/25/08 +10.54 @ 2:00pm ET
04/29/08 4:00pm ET 1391.63 – 04/30/08 +4.57 @ 2:00pm ET
03/17/08 4:00pm ET 1276.77 – 03/18/08 +38.02 @ 2:00pm ET
01/29/08 4:00pm ET 1362.00 – 01/30/08 -4.61 @ 2:00pm ET
12/10/07 4:00pm ET 1516.38 – 12/11/07 +5.33 @ 2:00pm ET
10/30/07 4:00pm ET 1531.27 – 10/31/07 +11.22 @ 2:00pm ET
09/17/07 4:00pm ET 1476.40 – 09/18/07 +10.67 @ 2:00pm ET
08/06/07 4:00pm ET 1466.82 – 08/07/07 +8.04 @ 2:00pm ET
06/27/07 4:00pm ET 1506.80 – 06/28/07 +5.09 @ 2:00pm ET
05/08/07 4:00pm ET 1507.79 – 05/09/07 +0.69 @ 2:00pm ET
03/20/07 4:00pm ET 1410.49 – 03/21/07 +3.56 @ 2:00pm ET
01/30/07 4:00pm ET 1428.82 – 01/31/07 +9.94 @ 2:00pm ET
12/11/06 4:00pm ET 1413.04 – 12/12/06 -2.18 @ 2:00pm ET
10/24/06 4:00pm ET 1377.22 – 10/25/06 +1.68 @ 2:00pm ET
09/19/06 4:00pm ET 1318.50 – 09/20/06 +8.65 @ 2:00pm ET
08/07/06 4:00pm ET 1276.04 – 08/08/06 +0.89 @ 2:00pm ET
06/28/06 4:00pm ET 1246.38 – 06/29/06 +8.22 @ 2:00pm ET
05/09/06 4:00pm ET 1324.81 – 05/10/06 -2.08 @ 2:00pm ET
03/27/06 4:00pm ET 1301.61 – 03/28/06 -4.91 @ 2:00pm ET
01/30/06 4:00pm ET 1285.20 – 01/31/06 -2.47 @ 2:00pm ET
12/12/05 4:00pm ET 1260.43 – 12/13/05 +10.82 @ 2:00pm ET

Note that in 24 out of the last 30 occurrences, or 80% of the time, the S&P was trading higher at 2pm ET on the day of the announcement vs. the previous day’s close.

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