Tag Archives: January effect

Jan201031

Idan Anteby

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Are January blues a sign of things to come?

In the first part of this month I wrote a post about the “January effect’, click here to read it. It discussed the significance of the first 5 trading days of the year, specifically how it has historically been a fairly accurate predictor of how the stock market will do for the rest of the [...]

Jan201010

Idan Anteby

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The telling ‘first 5 trading days of the year’

This past week there was a lot of talk about the first five trading days of 2010. Economists, traders, CEO’s, investors and other influential people kept a close eye to see if the stock market finished up by the end of the week more so than they usually do. Why? This type of data has been tracked since 1900. [...]