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Turn of the Year and Size in U.S. Equities
November 4, 2022 • Posted in Calendar Effects, Size Effect
Is there a reliable and material market capitalization (size) effect among U.S. stocks around the turn-of-the-year (TOTY)? To check, we track cumulative returns from 20 trading days before through 20 trading days after the end of the calendar year for the Russell 2000 Index, the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) since the inception of the Russell 2000 Index. We also look at full-month December and January returns for these indexes. Using daily and monthly levels of all three indexes during December 1987 through January 2022 (35 December and 35 January observations), we find that: (more…)
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