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…
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…
Dear Investor, A recurring phenomenon is said to take place in the stock market every year: the Santa Claus rally, a.k.a. the year-end rally. It is held that stock prices typically rise particularly strongly just before the turn of the…
Dear Investor, Seasonax Event Studies As our readers are aware by now, investment decisions can be optimized with the help of statistics. After all, market anomalies that have occurred regularly in the past often tend to occur in the future…
Dear Investor, If you “sell in May and go away”, you are definitely on the right side of the trend from a statistical perspective: While gains were achieved in the summer months in three of the eleven largest stock markets…
Dear Investor, In order to beat the market, you are probably – like many investors – spending a lot of time searching for rare undiscovered gems or sophisticated trading rules. There is actually a simpler way. I want to show…
