by Doug French via Mises
May is on its way, and the old investment saw, “Sell in May and go away,” will be tested once again. Jared Blikre, writing for Yahoo Finance, provides the history behind what may or may not be good advice. “The full axiom was originally, ‘Sell in May and go away, and come on back on St. Leger’s Day,’” he explains. “It has its roots in the City of London. Financial professionals would go on holiday in May for approximately four months to escape the summer heat and return for the St. Leger derby in mid-September.”
May is on its way, and the old investment saw, “Sell in May and go away,” will be tested once again. Jared Blikre, writing for Yahoo Finance, provides the history behind what may or may not be good advice. “The full axiom was originally, ‘Sell in May and go away, and come on back on St. Leger’s Day,’” he explains. “It has its roots in the City of London. Financial professionals would go on holiday in May for approximately four months to escape the summer heat and return for the St. Leger derby in mid-September.”
While we’re told there’s a pent-up demand for travel, people’s phones and trading apps will still be close by, begging for attention in the summer sun. Robinhood and Coinbase alerts won’t hide from the weary traveler parked under an umbrella, toes in the sand, piña colada in hand.