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Strategies & Market Trends : January Effect 2006

IWM 259.73

-1.4%

Jan 30 4:00 PM EST

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From: Q.	2/5/2006 11:41:53 PM
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My final results. I closed my paper portfolio the first Friday in February for a gain of +25.1% as compared to +6.9% for the RUT. That's assuming no transaction costs and closing prices. constituents: ARTX +28.21% HRT +1.33% LOUD +49.97% MNDO +23.74% NEXM +37.50% SGID.OB +0% VRSO +36.27% Among these, MNDO is the highest-quality underlying company, and I'll keep some of it as a real investment. The others, I've sold in the real dollar portfolio. It was a much better year than recent years for me, but it could be better. The way I play the January Effect is intended to profit from bounces following December tax-loss selling. There was some tax-loss selling this time around, but not a whole lot -- I found fewer names to choose from than I liked, when I did screens in late December.

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