It was summer a blink ago, but now those colorful fall leaves are finding their way to our lawns. They are a portent to the colder days ahead, but they 
are also financial signals — clues to autumnal shopping trends. These can begin as early as August with those back-to-school purchases.
Even those of us with adult children might take care to pay 
attention to those fashion and technology trends, as the makers of those popular items are often major players in the stock market.
There’s a well-established notion that holiday shopping starts earlier and earlier each year, but the writer of this article in Forbes suggests the shopping season has also started earlier than the average investor may realize. Not only that, but Halloween’s retail receipts also serve as a harbinger of the *real* holiday shopping to come.
The late fall holiday shopping can also affect the market, as there are other colder weather factors to consider that impact the stock market.
The cost of heating oil, for example, can burn into consumers’ holiday spending budgets. The colder the weather, the higher the bills and those utility costs take a bite out of disposable income.
As we approach the end of a year and the start of a new one, it’s a great time to turn a new leaf and get up to speed on our options-trading training course. You’ll have fun and it just may turn a new leaf over for your financial future.