Comments on: The September Effect- Coincidence or Real?

By: First Home, Budget Spreadsheets, Gold and More « Real Estate Investment

First Home, Budget Spreadsheets, Gold and More « Real Estate Investment — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:05:18 +0000

[...] Financial Highway writes about the September effect. [...]

By: Kantoorpand kantoorruimte

Kantoorpand kantoorruimte — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:42:26 +0000

Historically, markets crash in October. Will there be a market crash in October? I think it will be possible if GDP numbers are a lot worse than expected.

I hope not, we have enough problems in this times. I hope this october will give no problems for the market.

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Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:07:48 +0000

[...] The September Effect- Coincidence or Real? – You may have heard of the September Effect before, but what does it actually mean and is it real? Here’s a good post that outlines the effect and whether you should put any stock into it or not. [...]

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Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:43:37 +0000

By: Henry

Henry — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:22:23 +0000

From 2004 to 2007, Septembers have been a relatively good month. I think this year’ September will be flat.

Historically, markets crash in October. Will there be a market crash in October? I think it will be possible if GDP numbers are a lot worse than expected.

By: Friday Finance Findings for September 4th – $2,500 Lending Club Contest Edition : Generation X Finance

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:09:53 +0000

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:34:17 +0000

Ditto Matt’s points above. Don’t forget the article I wrote on it last month;) – also, congress has been out and apparently people fear (or some fear, or so the reasoning goes) that the big ol’ government will make changes that hurt the market, so better take your profits while the profits are still good. All the more confirmed this year, since we had such a strong rally since March.

By: Matt SF

Matt SF — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:31:14 +0000

I think September sell offs are nothing but a trader driven event to increase volatility.

The fact that everyone knows (or perceives) September is a “bad month”, it only makes it even easier to make money shorting the market. Traders don’t care where the market goes up or down since they make money either way depending on their long or short positions.

Then you have the cumulative effect of traders act in unison. If they know the “word is out” (September is bad, market goes down — Spooky!), they will all position themselves to make money. When such a large group of traders are making near identical bets, then it will become a self fulfilling prophecy.

Plus, you can’t forget that trading volume over the summer is lighter than normal, which means it’s easier for the active traders to move the market which ever direction they choose.

By: Elanor

Elanor — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:13:13 +0000

I asked that same question in a post on TheStreet.com yesterday. Consequently Elizabeth Trotta discussed it with Doug Roberts, chief investment strategist for ChannelCapitalResearch.com, on her podcast yesterday: http://www.thestreet.com/story/10593515/1.html. It’s an interesting interview.

I for one will be taking advantage of the September effect.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:30:31 +0000

I could see it being mental. Summer is over, school is starting, people are done with vacations….it’s kind of a mental let down for everyone. Congress is first getting back from their vacations and it’s almost a cool off period for the country, I can see the mental aspect having an affect almost like people get a case of the Monday’s at work.