What is the Best Time to Buy Stocks?
Dear Investor, Something similar to the following has probably happened to you at some point: you want to buy a stock on a certain day and in order to time your entry, you begin to watch how it trades. Alas,…
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Boosting Stock Market Returns with a Simple Trick
Dear Investor, Systematic Trading Based on Statistics Trading methods based on statistics represent an unusual approach for many investors. Evaluation of a security’s fundamental merits is not of concern, even though it can of course be done additionally. Rather, the…
Seasonal Trends in Individual Stocks – More Than Just Random Patterns
Seasonality in Individual Stocks – Is it Based on Sound Evidence? Dear Investor, People often wonder whether it is actually possible to make profitable trades by taking advantage of seasonal trends in individual stocks. Most investors accept the idea that…
Increase Your Returns by Compounding
Dear Investor, In the past two issues of Seasonal Insights I have shown that many individual stocks display unique seasonal patterns. There is a variety of reasons for this phenomenon. Often internal procedures are responsible, which can e.g. lead to…
Pay Attention to the Distribution of Gains – Only One of These Two Stocks Offers a Promising Opportunity to Generate Seasonal Profits
Dear Investor, Seasonal charts enable one to discern seasonal trends at a glance, and see during which time periods precisely an instrument’s prospects are strong and what returns were generated on these occasions in the past. I would nevertheless recommend…
The Biggest Stock Market Crashes Tend to Happen in October!
Dear Investor, The prospect of steep market declines worries investors – and the month of October has a particularly bad reputation in this respect. Although the month of October delivers an acceptable performance in seasonal terms if one disregards outliers…
How Big Is the Threat of a Crash in the 7th Year of the Decade?
Dear Investor, 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 Earning Season Will Soon Deliver Some Pleasant Surprises!
Dear Investor, As a shareholder you probably wonder what the dividends on your shares will be from quarter to quarter. Now, with help of seasonality, you are able to come closer to your estimations. Let’s look at one of the…