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COVID-19 inspires pump and dump scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
A Californian penny stock trader is in trouble with the law after he claimed a company he was trading stocks in had developed a special COVID-19 test. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against Jason Neilson, saying ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... trading activity. Worse than worst, this is happening in September -- the month of the year which, according to 'The Stock Trader's Almanac', is when the stock averages, on average, perform the poorest. Since 1970, the S&P 500 has fallen by 0.7%, the ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... it's May -- the month of the year when we're advised to sell and go away! As Jeff Hirsch -- editor-in-chief of the Stock Trader's Almanac - writes, "May begins the "Worst Six Months" for the DJIA and S&P. To wit: "Sell in May and go away." Our "Best ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... causing stock prices to rise." Never mind, there's still the "as January goes, so goes the year" adage. As per, "The Stock Trader's Almanac", the direction of trading in January predicts the course of that year's trading 75% of the time. We still have ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... at US equities points to an average September for Wall Street. Here average means the average as observed by the 'Stock Trader's Almanac' -- Since 1970, the S&P 500 has fallen by 0.7%, the Dow by 1.1% and the Nasdaq (since 1971) by 1.0% -- on average ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... calendar averages. Yes folks, it must only be because it's September - the month of the year which, according to 'The Stock Trader's Almanac', is when the stock averages, on average, performs the poorest. Since 1970, the S&P 500 has fallen by 0.7%, the ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
It didn't happen overnight, but it is happening. The S&P 500 index flirted above its 2,000-point milestone -2001.95 points to be exact in intra-day trade - before closing at 1997.92 points. There's always tomorrow. With just another 2.1 points (0.1%) ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... published way back in 2011 provides convincing argument. In it, Reuters wrote, "Jeffrey Hirsch, publisher of the Stock Trader's Almanac, offers some pretty persuasive numbers to support the argument. If you put $10,000 into the market on November 1 ...

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... - and hold till April. Reuters printed an article back in 2011 supporting this: "Jeffrey Hirsch, publisher of the Stock Trader's Almanac, offers some pretty persuasive numbers to support the argument. If you put $10,000 into the market on November 1 ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... And then, there's the other half of the "sell in May" adage popularised by Jeff Hirsch, the editor-in-chief of the 'Stock Trader's Almanac', that goes, "buy in October, get yourself sober". October's gone but there's still to be in it to win it. According ...
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