Gold Has A January Secret — And Its Latest Breakout Is No Accident - SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust (ARCA:GLDM)

Equity investors love to talk about the "January effect." It is an idea that stocks, especially small caps, tend to rally at the start of the year as tax-loss selling fades and fresh capital returns. But what's less widely appreciated is that gold has its own January effect — and historically, it's been even more reliable.Statistically Significant OutperformanceWorld Gold Council research shows that since the early 1970s, gold has delivered average January returns of 1.79%. It is nearly three times its long ...