April 26, 2024 | What’s Behind: “Sell in May and Go Away”
There is considerable history behind the gem of stock market lore to “Sell in May”.
The real explanation is readily provided by the record of Great Bubbles as they occurred in the London financial markets. There were five to the 1929 example. Four climaxed in May. And one, the infamous 1720 South Sea Bubble climaxed in June. Other Bubbles completed in May of 1772, 1825 and 1873.
First was the irresistible climax as the excited crowd bought in May, then the market corrected during the summer months. Followed by a crash beginning in late September. Horrendous liquidity problems were usually cleared by November. One distinction was that the 1825 Crash did not clear until January 1826
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Bob Hoye April 26th, 2024
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