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Years ending in 7, such as the current year 2017, have a bad reputation among many stock market participants. Large price declines tend to occur quite frequently in these years. Just think of 1987, the year in which the largest…
We are proud of the fact that Seasonax made the cut into Bloomberg Global Macro Overview Q4 2017! Enjoy reading: ”The Quaterly Q4/2017“ Written by Oliver Woolf, CAIA, CMT, FRM, technical analysis specialist at Bloomberg LP. The chart below exhibits…
The Japanese stock market is quite unique: it would need to rally by approximately 80% to reach its former historical peak. What’s more, said peak was attained on the final trading day of 1989, more than 25 years ago. In…
You are undoubtedly aware of one or another stock market anomaly, such as e.g. the frequent weakness in stock markets in the summer months, which the well-known saying “sell in May and go away” refers to. Apart from such widely…
In the last issue of Seasonal Insights I have shown that the gold price behaves quite peculiarly in the course of the trading week. On average, prices rise almost exclusively on Friday. It is as though investors in this market…
In past issues of Seasonal Insights I have discussed the very odd behavior of a variety of instruments in the course of a week: in issue 17 the topic was the S&P 500 Index, and in issue 18 the no…
Article in German You are probably aware of the influence US elections have on the stock market. After Donald Trump was elected president, a particularly strong rally in stock prices ensued. Contrary to what many market participants seem to believe,…
Article in German An Old Seasonal Truism Most people are probably aware of the saying “sell in May and go away”. This popular seasonal Wall Street truism implies that the market’s performance is far worse in the six summer months…
Article in German As you know, investment decisions can be optimized with the help of statistics. One possibility to do so is offered by the FOMC meeting strategy. A study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in…
As a technical analyst at Raiffeisen Bank International Stefan Memmer covers a broad range of assets, especially stock indices and fixed income markets. Today, he is sharing some of his financial expertise with us. Enjoy the interview! 1. What is…
