The "January Effect" is when stocks drastically shoot up in value during the first month of the year.
The "January Effect" name was coined by Donald Kiem in the early 1980s. In a graduate research paper at the University of Chicago, Kiem reported the exceptional returns of small-cap stocks during January.
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