Posts tagged as:

market timing

Seasonal Investing Rule #1: How To Use the January Effect To Your Advantage

January 22, 2010 · 1 comment

in January, investing, market timing, market trends, psychology, seasonal investing, special dates, stocks, technical analysis, theories

What’s “the January Effect”? It’s a simple seasonal investing rule that goes something like this: “as goes January, so goes the rest of the year.”
Seasonal investing is not quite an investment style, but more like a strategy, for making trades that correspond to cyclical market trends around the year.  Certain events, and thus market movements, [...]

{ 1 comment }

Five Simple Ways To Help Make Sure You Buy Stocks Low and Sell Them Higher

January 14, 2010 · 7 comments

in behavioral finance, discipline, emotions, financial education, investing, market timing, psychology, stocks, technical analysis, time in the market

The stock markets are ultimately unpredictable, but that doesn’t mean they are mysterious or without guiding trends and principles that anyone can learn.
As long as you’re not day trading and hoping to turn profits within minutes or by 5pm, there are a number of ways you can help ensure that you buy your shares low [...]

{ 7 comments }

Stock Market Trends in December 2009: What Should You Invest In At the End of the Year?

November 30, 2009 · 0 comments

in December, Financial New Year, holidays, investing, market timing, market trends, seasonal investing, special dates, stock picks, stocks

It’s the end of November and another month has passed us by.   The seasonal correction in the stock markets never really happened this year, along with other traditional seasonal trends that failed to confirm.  Then again, this past year has been one of the more unusual for markets since the Great Depression.  For example, the [...]

{ 0 comments }

Hedgeable: DIY Hedging Tools and Portfolio Analysis Start-Up Launches

November 4, 2009 · 0 comments

in hedging, interviews, investment tools, market timing, wealth protection, wealthbuilding

Ever wondered what a hedge fund really does, or how it works?  Think you should teach yourself some hedging strategies for your own portfolio?  It’s time to take a look at Hedgeable.com, “the world’s first “hedge fund for the common man.”  Hedgeable is a small start-up attempting to radically shake up the trillion dollar investment [...]

{ 0 comments }

Full of Bull? The Most Bullish Call Yet For Stock Markets in 2009-2010

October 30, 2009 · 3 comments

in GDP, US economy, bull market, earnings, economy, investing, market timing

Yesterday, U.S. GDP numbers came in better than expected at 3.5% – causing analysts to “unofficially officially” call the end of the U.S. recession (Canada, Australia and a few other countries had already come out of the recession).  The National Bureau of Economic Research is expected to date the end of the recession to a [...]

{ 3 comments }

Are You Ready For the September Sell-Offs In the Stock Market?

August 11, 2009 · 21 comments

in September, market bottom, market timing, seasonal investing, stocks

Historically, September is the worst overall month for stock market returns.  And since 2009 has already seen a great stock market rally, some analysts think we’re due for the obligatory pullback and consolidation next month.  So if you’re looking to do any purchasing, you might want to keep a close eye on the markets and [...]

{ 21 comments }

What Is Seasonal Investing And How Does It Work?

May 10, 2009 · 1 comment

in investing, market timing, seasonal investing

You may have heard of the term “seasonal investing.”  Myself, I was just introduced to this investment strategy over the past year through Brooke Thackray, MBA, CFP and president of alphaMountain Investments.  His firm publishes reports that “use seasonal analysis to give investors and money managers an edge in the markets.”
So what is seasonal investing?
The [...]

{ 1 comment }

← Previous Entries