Shares that don’t like December
The 2013 edition of the Almanac lists the 21 companies that have risen nine times or more in the last ten years in the month of December – the shares that like December. Below is a table of the the...
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General retailers start their weakest month of the year
The 2013 edition of the Almanac looks at the historic monthly performance of the FTSE 350 sectors. Here we look at the general retailers sector. The following chart plots the average out-performance of...
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The UK market in December – average chart
The following chart plots the average performance of the FTSE 100 Index during December since 1984 (more info on this type of chart). Historically, December has been the strongest month in the year for...
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These stocks still don’t like December
A previous post noted that seven stocks had fallen in at least eight of the past ten Decembers (up to 2011). The following chart shows the peformance of these stocks for December 2012. Thorntons bucked...
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First trading day of December
Next Monday will be the first trading day (FTD) of December. As explained in the 2014 edition of the Almanac, the market has a tendency to be strong on the FTD of a month. And this effect has been even...
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The Stock Market in December
December is the strongest month for the stock market – the lesson from history for investors is don’t be out of the market in this month. Since 1984 (when the FTSE 100 Index was created), the index has...
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Strong sectors The table below lists the sectors that have historically out-performed the market in December. Sector TIDM Construction & Materials NMX2350 Life Insurance NMX8570 Support Services...
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Average market behaviour in December
The following chart plots the average performance of the FTSE 100 Index during December since 1984 (more info on this type of chart). As can be seen, historically the market has traded fairly flat for...
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Last trading day of December
Tomorrow will be the last trading day (LTD) of December. As explained in the 2014 edition of the Almanac the LTDs of months used to be stronger than average, but in recent years they have been weak....
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Average market behaviour in December (2014)
The following chart plots the average performance of the FTSE 100 Index during December since 1984. As can be seen, historically the market has traded fairly flat for the first two weeks of December...
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