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• Seasonal Stock Index Trades by James Greenwood

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here are different seasonal strategies for trading the Value Line Index compared with the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index and the Standard and Poor's 500. Most stock market traders are familiar with the January effect, which is the tendency for smaller issues to outperform blue chips at the turn of the year. But January is certainly not the only time the stock market exhibits seasonal tendencies with the potential to be exploited in trading strategies. In fact, with the January effect apparently fading in recent years as it becomes better known, this may be a particularly good time t...

AUTHOR: James GreenwoodDATE: NOV 1998SUBJECT: Market Timing