Seasonality Trends – For August 2019

With the seasonality strength of thirteen indexes/sectors coming to an end in April, it may be prudent for investors to trim their positions before the market enters its traditional weak period of May through September. [more]

The market is entering its historically strong seasonal period, which runs from late October until about mid-May. If this holds true again this/next year, the Indexes will be pounding out new all-time highs on a regular basis. While this could happen, we must also be on the lookout for the “promised” pull-back. [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]