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STOCK MARKET SEASONALITY EFFECTS AND ANOMALIES
The latest edition of Stephen Eckett’s fascinating reference book may have you scratching your head in search of a rational explanation for what is presented, but one thing is for sure, you’ll return to it again and again as 2018 unfolds.
AN UPDATE ON A STRATEGY TO EXPLOIT THE MONTHLY COMPARATIVE RETURNS OF THE FTSE 100 AND S&P 500 INDICES.
Although since 1984 the S&P 500 has greatly out- performed the FTSE 100, there are months in the year
when the FTSE 100 fairly consistently out-performs the S&P 500.
The following chart shows the average monthly out- performance of the FTSE 100 Index over the S&P 500 Index since 1984.
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