The January Barometer is among the panoply of superstitions surrounding stock market history made popular by the Stock Trader's Almanac founder, Yale Hirsch.

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In more than 60 years as Asia's oldest stock exchange, no broker, trader nor businessman has ever been convicted of stock market fraud.

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Jeffrey Hirsch, editor of Stock Trader's Almanac Investor, is an unflappable propagator of market truisms, and his father, Yale Hirsch, discovered the "best six months" strategy in 1986.

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Firmer U.S. stock indexes Wednesday did somewhat limiting investor and trader demand for the safe-haven precious metals, as the stronger U.S. stock market suggests better risk appetite is presently in the market place.

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Stronger U.S. stock indexes Wednesday morning are somewhat limiting investor and trader demand for the safe-haven precious metals, as the stronger U.S. stock market suggests better risk appetite is presently in the market place.

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