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( October.                                                      )
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( This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate   )
( in stocks in.                                                 )
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( The others are July, January, September, April, November,     )
( May, March, June,                                             )
( December, August, and February.                               )
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(                 -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" )
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