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The calendar moves money: 8 lessons on stock seasonality
Data, not sayings. Use 76 years of numbers to separate patterns that are still alive from those that are already dead, and learn how to put them into your own trading rules.
Stock seasonality, 8 lessons
One number, one insight, one twist, one action. Use 76 years of numbers to separate living patterns from dead ones.
Why is September so hated?
Check what seasonality is and is not, using the S&P 500's 76-year monthly record.
Read✓ ReadSell in May was real. And then it cooled
See the 76-year record of Nov–Apr and May–Oct, and how the gap disappeared over the last 10 years.
Read✓ ReadSanta comes, and January speaks
See how the Santa rally and the January barometer weakened and the small-cap January effect disappeared.
Read✓ ReadStocks were strong on the days money flowed in
See why the turn-of-month effect disappeared, and why the presidential election cycle still remains.
Read✓ ReadEvery industry has its own seasons
Energy and materials in Nov–Apr, with tech stocks the exception. A look at the calendars of sector ETFs and gold.
Read✓ ReadKorea's market calendar was made by taxes
Explains KOSPI and KOSDAQ January and year-end patterns through the major-shareholder capital gains tax rules.
Read✓ ReadWhy do patterns die? So how do you use them?
Use the calendar as a filter, with five verification questions and the three-line 'condition, action, invalidation' rule.
Read✓ ReadPeople who made money with the calendar
See the six masters' methods, the one thing they share, and the shelf life of those methods.
Read✓ ReadFor educational purposes only, not investment advice. Past statistics do not guarantee future returns.