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The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... 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 - during Septembers. Blame the European Central Bank (ECB) for setting the negative tone in the financial markets. While it kept monetary policy ...

Yellen speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
It's live! It'll be one of those Septembers to remember. This, Virginia, is if you believe many (not most) of the post-Jackson Hole commentaries that littered world wide web dissecting US Fed Chair Janet Yellen's words. She said so many things, so many ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... 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 - during Septembers. Well almost. With only two trading days to go, the S&P 500 is down 1.0%; the Dow's up 0.1% and 1.5%. But the real action ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... 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 - during Septembers. Investopedia says that: "There are several theories which attempt to explain this phenomenon. One particular theory points ...

ASIC uncovers investment scam

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... substantiate that shares were purchased by West Trade Group, West Trade Cars and West Two on behalf of investors. Between mid-Septembers to late-December 2011, approximately $790,000 was deposited by investors into these accounts, the regulator said. ...

Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... historical performance of the stock market and found that since 1929,the S&P declined by 1.3 per cent on average in Septembers. Also, the Wall Street Journal cites finance professor Kenneth French at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business study showing ...

Bears cursed by September curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... month. WRONG! But in Mr. WROng's defense, I concluded the piece with, "In the end, this September will be like all other Septembers (and maybe some Octobers) in history - a good time to go a-hunting for some bargains." For no matter how much history ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... authorities - fiscal and monetary - will be there to ensure that it does. In the end, this September will be like all other Septembers (and maybe some Octobers) in history - a good time to go a-hunting for some bargains.
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