Pros and Cons of a Santa Claus Rally
Chartered market technicians pay attention to cyclical trends and, at times, find ways to exploit historical patterns such as the Santa Claus rally. They tend to do so repeatedly over time and by limiting both the amount of risk and reward they take on via position sizing, stop orders, and cutting losses short if positions go against them. These speculators also use technical patterns in particular indexes and carefully determine their planned entry and exit points.
None of this is useful for most investors who do not have the trading experience to manage risk in such short time frames. For buy-and-hold investors and those saving for retirement in 401(k) plans, for example, the Santa Claus rally does little to either help or hurt them over the long term. It is an interesting news headline happening on the periphery but not a reason to become either more bullish or bearish. A better strategy is to maintain a long-term investment strategy and not be tempted by the promise of Santa Claus rallies or January effects.
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Celestinel : I think so,Don't be tempted by the promise of Santa Claus effects
ecommerceshares OP Celestinel : yeah, do your own DD, calm down, don't worry