Will the Dax’s summer slump continue?
Over the last 25 years the two weakest months of the year for the Dax have been August and September. This year, at the time of writing, the Dax has fallen just over 5% so far. The question is will…
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Will gold now find some technical and seasonal support?
The recent narrative has been a tough headwind for gold as bonds continued their sell off on the first two weeks of August. Expectations of higher rates needed for longer needed to deal with stickier inflation has been the driver.…
USDMXN: very strong seasonals ahead!
One of the helpful functions that Seasonax provides is the ability to quickly search through thousands of different instruments in a few seconds. By choosing your market, the start date, the examination period you can quickly sort through market stop…
Nikkei seasonal patterns to note
Japanese stocks have been on a strong run this year on hopes that Japan may be exiting its stagflationary environment. Warren Buffet was positive over Japanese stocks earlier in the year and many US investors have been looking at investing…
Proctor & Gamble’s strong seasonal trend approaches
Proctor & Gamble is a multinational consumer goods company that offers a wide range of goods across different categories. Many prod-ucts that the company sells are considered consumer staples such as beauty and grooming products, household care products, and over the counter medications including big name brands like Crest, Oral B, and Vicks.
S&P500 summer slide ahead?
There is longstanding Wall St. saying which says to, ‘Sell in May, and Go Away’. This is because summer has a reputation for being a weak time for US stocks. So, does that mean a summer slide is ahead for…
Can gold gain through August?
On average gold has gained 1.87% through the month of August. The months of July and August tend to be strong for gold seasonally and the appeal of gold could be set to grow further over the coming months. Gold…
Nasdaq weakness ahead?
Over the last 25 years the two strongest months have been in July and October. However, the weakest months come in February, August, and September.
Will the GBPUSD fall out of the BoE meeting?
Next week the Bank of England meet and expectations in short term interest rate markets are that they will hike rates again. However, there is uncertainty about whether that will be a 25 or 50bps rate hike. The current expectation is around a 60/40 split in favour of just a 25 bps hike.
Have you seen the ‘turn of the month dynamics’ for August?
From a seasonal perspective stocks tend to do well over the turn of the month from around the 26th to the 5th. The most likely reasons for this is due to fund inflows and index payments that occur around the turn of the month.