Everyone is familiar with the January effect, which means it’s not easily exploitable over the last few years as it started to creep into December or not happen at all. With the current major decline, and general public dismay with the market I wonder whether the early/end of the year effect will return. On the one hand less people are bullish so they’re less likely to be eager to to pump in money ahead of the Jan effect, while on the other hand redemptions from funds have risen dramatically (as they usually do when the going gets tough) and there’s money on the sidelines waiting to go back in or flip from short. Either way it will be interesting to see if we get any effect or if rallies keep getting hammered back. So far this morning it’s surprising to see the market making new highs after 10am :-)

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The name Willem van der Vorm came up in a discussion of annual rates of return, and the lucrative world of Hedge Funds.Reader Iain mentioned this link to a trader called Willem van der Vorm who manages and trades a technical based fund for swissDirekt. There are some very good points in the article and in the 2 CNBC interviews. Willem van der Vorm shares some insights into the patterns he is looking for and even where his stops are on those patterns. If not for the appalling job the CNBC interviewer did (“So you can actually short oil?!?”) we’d probably have a chance to learn even more.

Definitely someone to keep an eye on.

There are also some interesting videos on INO from hedge fund managers, including guys like Willem van der Vorm that are worth checking out.

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