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Strategies & Market Trends
January Effect Investing 1999

An SI Board Since December 1998

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Emcee: Q.	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

Here's a place to discuss strategies and investment picks to exploit the January Effect. This effect, of course, is the phenomenon where low-priced small cap stocks surge much more in January than in any other month. To take advantage of this effect, I have carried out screens for stocks and mutual funds, and then further researched the candidates to narrow the list. These are listed in the following posts.

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38	Sounds like the optimal plan based on my (mis) steps this year.	Dale Baker	-	2/12/1999
37	Dale, a chart I've seen (that referred to a few months ago showing historic	Q.	-	2/12/1999
36	My timing was off with my December tax-loss candidate buying, mostly buying too	Dale Baker	-	2/11/1999
35	Hmmmm... what about this February effect???	xcr600	-	2/9/1999
34	Now that the month is over, I tallied up my results from playing the January ef	Q.	-	2/9/1999
33	Well done. There was a nice rebound today, which leads me to believe that ERGO	Dale Baker	-	1/22/1999
32	Dale, re. ERGO, stocks this cheap are really volatile, so if you set a GTC limi	Q.	-	1/22/1999
31	I'm still behind so I will hold on and see what they come up with. Naming	Dale Baker	-	1/22/1999
30	Dale, re. ERGO, it looks like the co. has no idea what it wants to do with itse	Q.	-	1/22/1999
29	ERGO news: biz.yahoo.com What do you think they will do next?	Dale Baker	-	1/21/1999
28	Mark, re. KEG, this chart comparing KEG to the industry index, OSX.X, shows tha	Q.	-	1/9/1999
27	John, agreed on KEG's debt/equity ratio. I'm intrigued by this one, bu	Mark Marcellus	-	1/9/1999
26	mark, re. KEG, it is an oil-field service co. That entire sector got pounded i	Q.	-	1/8/1999
25	John - I don't know if it's already too late, and I don't know if	Mark Marcellus	-	1/8/1999
24	SAF, the chart is something I copied from an article on the January Effect, whi	Q.	-	1/3/1999
23	December Free Lunch Specials hirschorganization.com	Les H	-	1/3/1999
22	Thanks for the chart, John, showing an annual calendarization of S&P low pr	Short A. Few	-	1/3/1999
21	Thanks John, I tried buying a few shares at 3 7/16 which is where the stock cl	Harpo	-	12/31/1998
20	Ben, re. CNXS, you are right. I hadn't noticed CNXS since November, when i	Q.	-	12/31/1998
19	Hello John, What about CNXS, makers of the Breathe Right Nasal strip. All I r	Harpo	-	12/31/1998
18	Thanks for the homework. Sounds like I should be happy if I can get 1 3/4 even	Dale Baker	-	12/31/1998
17	re. ERGO, the co.'s IR called me back. They haven't decided what strat	Q.	-	12/31/1998
16	I will have to dig deeper to see if I can find the answers you want. Most of m	Dale Baker	-	12/31/1998
15	Dale: Re Ergo, maybe I'm missing something, but isn't there a substanti	Mark Marcellus	-	12/31/1998
14	ERGO - $37 million with 14 million shares outstanding.	Dale Baker	-	12/31/1998

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