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"Sell in May" proved a good strategy in 2011, with developed-world equity indices giving up ground. June is also customarily a weak month for stocks, with the Dow Jones managing to rise less than half the time, making it the second-worst month after September. The median return over the last 110 years has been a loss of 0.22 per cent.
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By Dominic Picarda,
31 May 2011
Dominic Picarda is a CFA charterholder and a Chartered Market Technician. He has co-ordinated the IC's charting coverage for four years. He is a frequent speaker at seminars and other trading events.
Comment on the ups and downs of property investments, with a particular focus on the perennially popular world of buy to let
