Marty - from what? Winning on Wall Street?
Now someone else did a bunch of statistics. Then Marty "picked them up" and continued them (says that in the book). Someone on TV mentioned it - about Marty's book, that once the current crop of investors know the "periods", as he describes in the book, investors prepare in advance for the event. (ie January effect may not be so pronounced because it is "expected". Then when January effect doesn't happen for years, people forget about it - then it happens again. If October is always bad then people will take evasive action - enough that October won't be so bad for years to come. yadda yadda..
Nowadays, people hold off on buying big ticket electronics until after Christmas. For me, I figure one of the best times to buy, almost anything, is around the end of January - to end of - February. Its cold outside and people are in "credit card hang over" mode - and its before spring - time to get rid of the crap once and for all, that never moved around Christmas. But not always.
I try to wait until Costco has the magic last "7".
As for January effect.. we shall see..
Cheers!
B
"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
Tuco (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
"An umbrella with holes is better than no umbrella at all."
Dr. Alexander Elder on using stops.
