Tuesday is a particularly strong trading day, Friday a weak one Dear Investor, The chart below shows the annualized performance of the S&P 500 Index since the turn of the century in black, as well as the cumulative annualized return…
Article in German Dear Investor, Today we want to discuss a particularly simple and effective anomaly, albeit one that is marred by a small catch – more on this further below. With the help of this particular anomaly you would…
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, Many market participants believe simple phenomena in the stock market are purely random events and cannot recur consistently. Indeed, there is probably no stock market rule that will remain valid forever. However, there continue to be stock market…
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, 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…
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,…
Article in German Dear Investor, 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…
Dear Investor, The months of September and October are widely known to represent a seasonally particularly weak time of the year. Indeed, at no other time of the year is the S&P 500 Index falling as quickly as in the…
Dear Investor, At the beginning of November this year, the US presidential elections will take place, just as they do every four years. During election years, investors often become excited about the results, hoping for a victory for the candidate…
Dear Investor, The US central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) holds regular meetings, a total of eight times a year, and market participants look forward to their outcomes: will interest rates be lowered, will they be increased, are there…
