Should You Sell in April?

By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Those interested in doing some spring cleaning in their portfolios this month might be tempted to do the most radical spring cleaning of all: Sell everything and go to cash.

That’s because April represents the end of the seasonally favorable six-month period that began last Halloween, and the fast approach of the time when many will “Sell in May and Go Away.” Should you try to get a head start on those who mechanically wait until May Day to do their selling?

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