Equity Clock: Stock Market Outlook

After the large number of indexes/sectors that entered strong seasonality periods last October, subsequent months have been quite quiet, particularly January and February from a positive seasonality stand-point. However, March is very active, so we will gear up then. January was brutal for many sectors, particularly Information Technology, conversely, Energy in Canada had a sterling January. [more]

Historically, September has been one of the worst months of the year to invest, but October has been one of the best. After a strong May-August period (what happened to “Sell in May and go away!”), September was a down-month. So, let’s look forward to October, as traditionally, on average, it has gained 1.2%. [more]

Although market assessment has been turned upside down, there are still useful strategies to employ in composing a profitable portfolio in highly volatile markets like we have been experiencing. One such strategy is using seasonality trends as a guideline. [more]