Seasonality Can Affect Global Stock Markets Even More
June 01, 2011 at 13:08 PM EDT
so far ahead of the U.S. market on the downside that they could be the first to bottom and turn back up when the time to buy arrives again When investors think of the stock market’s annual seasonality, as expressed by the adage ‘Sell in May and Go Away’, they usually relate it to the U.S. market. But in fact the historical pattern of stock markets making most of their gains in the winter months, and experiencing most of their bear market declines and corrections in the unfavorable summer months, is also common in global markets as well. Since investors have become much more comfortable with investing in global markets in recent years, in fact have . . . → Read More: Seasonality Can Affect Global Stock Markets Even More