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Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... Whether these strong returns continue to prevail over the rest of 2018 remains to be seen for it could just be the "January effect" being in effect. Wikipedia describes this phenomenon as: "The January effect is the tendency of the stock market to rise ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... risk appetites. If there are lessons that you, I and Irene should learn over the year just passed, it is that the "January effect" -- the hypothesis that the stock market's performance in the first five trading days of January (or the entire month of ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... and expected to be resolved by the Supreme Court next month. These uncertainties may prove the certainty of the "January effect". This holds that the stock market's performance in the first five trading days of January - or the entire month of January ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... biggest yearly drop on record) to US$3.3 trillion. Or both. It sure was an ugly start to the New Year. Where's the January effect when we need it most? Wikipedia describes this stock market phenomenon best: "The January effect is the tendency of the ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... slow nor renewed deflation fears in the eurozone nor the turbulence in the emerging markets. Rather, it's the "January effect"! In a nutshell, it postulates that where January goes (either the first five days or the entire month), so goes the S&P 500 ...

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... have $7,863 and an average annual return of 0.4 percent." Excellent odds, don't you think? And then, there's the "January effect" that states that the market's performance for the entire month of January predicts the direction of equities for the remaining ...

Still a guessing game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... after all and history shows that Wall Street goes up in election years. And according to hubpages.com, "... the 'January Effect' has an accuracy rate of 100% in election years." Simply put, the January effect says that where January goes, so goes the ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... bourse looks set to finish January on the up and up - a positive indication of things to come if you believe the January effect. The All Ords has already risen by 5.8% to date, though it still has to about 16.5% to climb to claw back its 11 April 2011 ...

So far so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... of the first month of 2012. And it's been so far so good for financial markets. Hey, did somebody mention the "January effect"? You know the one, the observation that the market's performance for the entire month of January predicts the direction of ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... since 2006. The Dow closed with its best January gain since 1997. Now are you thinking what I'm thinking? Yes, the January effect. Theoreticians have found that the market's performance for the entire month of January predicts the direction of equities ...
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