Dear Investor, The US faces uncertain economic times, as Trump and Xi Jinping are still locked in a bitter trade dispute that is likely to go on for some time, creating uncertainty for the future of trade between the world’s…
Dear Investor, Today marks the last day of October, the month that has investors in fear of the next big stock market crash (see Seasonal Insights Issue 20). This also means that today is Halloween and while there is something…
Dear Investor, Nervous feelings start to arise all around the global financial markets when October approaches. Investors fear the sharp declines that this month has brought in the past – wiping away the whole year’s profits in a single day.…
Dear Investor, In our last Seasonal Insights we have mixed things up a little bit and talked to you about the media sector – an industry that performs very poorly during the month of August. Upon your positive feedback we…
Dear Investor, In the last issue of Seasonal Insights we showed you the statistics associated with the popular truism “sell in May and go away” in the countries with the eleven largest stock markets. The comparison divided the calendar year…
Article in German Dear Investor, The “turn-of-the-month effect” is one of the most fascinating stock market phenomena. It describes the fact that price gains primarily tend to occur around the turn of the month. By contrast, the rest of the…
Lieber Investor, den „Turn of The Month-Effekt“-Effekt hatte ich Ihnen Seasonal Insights Ausgabe 6 vom 21. März 2018 vorgestellt. Der Effekt besagt, dass Kursgewinne tendenziell um den Monatswechsel stattfanden. Die restliche Zeit um die Monatsmitte war hingegen für Investoren weniger…
Article in German Dear Investor, We first discussed the “turn-of-the-month effect” in Seasonal Insights issue 6 of March 21, 2018. The term describes the fact that price gains in the stock market tend to cluster around the turn of the…
Dear Investor, You may be following sporting events as passionately as you follow market price trends. Or perhaps you’re not a sports fan, and you’re only interested in the stock market? Either way, there is an exciting question about what…
Dear Investor, Every year a certain stock market phenomenon is said to recur, anticipated with excitement by investors: the Santa Claus rally. It is held that stock prices typically rise quite frequently and particularly strongly just before the turn of…
