Comments on: Big ‘January Effect’ this year? http://blog.canadianbusiness.com/big-january-effect-this-year/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:52:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Canadian Business Blog » Blog Archive » January Effect revisited http://blog.canadianbusiness.com/big-january-effect-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-3287 Canadian Business Blog » Blog Archive » January Effect revisited Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:46:32 +0000 http://blog.canadianbusiness.com/?p=446#comment-3287 [...] by unusually heavy buying to re-instate positions in the stocks sold for tax reasons. For more, see Big January Effect this year? Larry [...] [...] by unusually heavy buying to re-instate positions in the stocks sold for tax reasons. For more, see Big January Effect this year? Larry [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://blog.canadianbusiness.com/big-january-effect-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2649 Patrick Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:17:45 +0000 http://blog.canadianbusiness.com/?p=446#comment-2649 "Believe it or not"? I don't know why people wouldn't believe it's better to make a gain on a stock than to sell it for a tax loss. “Believe it or not”? I don’t know why people wouldn’t believe it’s better to make a gain on a stock than to sell it for a tax loss.

]]> By: John Gan http://blog.canadianbusiness.com/big-january-effect-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2626 John Gan Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:48:25 +0000 http://blog.canadianbusiness.com/?p=446#comment-2626 I'm not sure about Jan effect but there is research about outperforming the market by buying in Nov to April and "sell in May and go away". I'm still waiting for the index to retest it's low before rallying. In the meantime, I initiated positions in HNU and HOU as I believe oil and natural sell-off is overdone. John I’m not sure about Jan effect but there is research about outperforming the market by buying in Nov to April and “sell in May and go away”.

I’m still waiting for the index to retest it’s low before rallying. In the meantime, I initiated positions in HNU and HOU as I believe oil and natural sell-off is overdone.

John

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