"OCTOBER: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The other are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February."
And Peter Lynch's,
"Basing a strategy on a maxim is a folly"
1. http://www.lifeiskulayful.com/2014_08_01_archive.html
2. http://chinesenewyearday.com/ChineseGhostMonth.htm
3. Bloomberg.com