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The January Barometer is an investing theory that suggests that the performance of the stock market in the month of January can be used to predict the performance of the stock market for the rest of the year. According to the theory – first posited by Yale Hirsch in 1972 - if the stock market rises in January, then it is likely to rise for the rest of the year.
A quick look at the performance of this year's IPOs on the Australian and US markets. Optuma clients can download and open the workbook and add their own analyses.
Learn how to create watchlist columns to calculate quarterly performance statistics, and download a workbook example.
Details on the latest quarterly rebalance of the ASX200 ($XJO) and S&P500 ($SPX) indices. How do stocks perform after joining the index?
Following on from the additional ETF data that was recently added to our database, we're pleased to announce that we are now able to provide net fund flow data for ETFs listed on a number of exchanges.
Last time we looked at ways to create a custom ranking system using simple scripting formulas based on a number of technical conditions, and in this article we'll look to take it a step further by calculating breadth measures on a universe of stocks, and also adjusting the weightings.
In your studies you may have come across the ‘weight of evidence’ approach to investing which looks at prices and various indicators to help identify potential trading opportunities.
We are always looking at ways to improve Optuma, and ahead of the upcoming version 2.1 release (we’ll be looking for beta testers very soon!) we’ve added more ETF data to our US Fundamental database.
A look at some of the tools to measure time and price moves.
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