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Strategies & Market Trends : January Effect Investing 1999
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To: Dale Baker who wrote (36)2/12/1999 10:12:00 AM
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Dale, a chart I've seen (that referred to a few months ago showing historical average returns for low-priced stocks each week of the year) makes it appear that the optimal time to buy tax-loss selling stocks is in the last two weeks of the year. I think the optimal time for buying is probably Dec. 26 - Dec. 31.

Historically the January effect is over in the first half of February.

I think that a reasonable strategy might be to buy Dec. 26-30, and then set limits to sell at a gain of say 35%, and if those limits aren't triggered, then sell whatever is remaining approximately Feb. 7.
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