Sector Mail Archive
1-14-25: It’s Almost Mid-January – So, Where’s That “January Effect?”
by Jason Bodner January 14, 2025 It’s time for the January Effect – a little overtime, in fact. The January Effect is the theory that stock prices rise more in January than [...]
1-7-25: Dividing 2025 from 2024 – Meaningless, but Habitual
by Jason Bodner January 7, 2025 The human mind is amazing. Faced with the same event, we often see wildly different views and approaches, which become different traditions. Here in the U.S., [...]
12-31-24: Holiday Trading Days Mean…Next to Nothing
by Jason Bodner December 31, 2024 It’s December 27th as I write. A lot of cool things happened on this day in history. Radio City Music Hall opened in 1932, and the [...]
12-24-24: When Good Stocks Tumble, Relax! They Will Rise Again
by Jason Bodner December 24, 2024 Last year, the NHL New York Rangers won the President’s trophy. For non-hockey people, that means they won the most games in the regular season. At [...]
12-17-24: The Indexes are Flat, But Most Sectors are Either “Hot” or “Cold”
by Jason Bodner December 17, 2024 Visualizations can help our brain contextualize things. One vision I saw recently was the pattern of commuting in and out of Manhattan. The pulsing of human [...]
12-10-24: ‘Tis the Season for Stocks to Rise
by Jason Bodner December 10, 2024 The twelfth month of the year brings about holiday cheer. It was, however, originally only our tenth month, in the Roman calendar. “Ten” is embedded in [...]
12-3-24: A 50-Year-Old Investor’s Thanksgiving Checklist
by Jason Bodner December 3, 2024 Thanksgiving was really nice this year. I was surrounded by people I enjoy. It was also the last day I could celebrate being in my 40s. [...]
11-26-24: Polishing My Crystal Ball for the Holidays
by Jason Bodner November 26, 2024 Have you polished your crystal ball lately? Because it would come in handy right now. Some say crystal balls came from Celtic Druids from roughly 800 [...]