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weekend effect

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Weekend Effect
A common occurrence in which stock prices tend to be negative Friday through Monday.

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Simply put, this is the tendency of stock prices to fall over the weekend.

Weekend effect
The common recurrent low or negative average return from Friday to Monday in the stock market.
weekend effect
The tendency of securities to perform better on Fridays than on Mondays. Some technical analysts contend the weekend effect is primarily the result of the Monday auctions of U.S. Treasury securities.
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