Buy IWM Tuesday to profit from the January effect

The "January effect" is a seasonal phenomenon in which small-cap stocks (especially those trading near their 52-week lows) tend to outperform large cap stocks. IWM, a Russell 2000 ETF, will likely continue to dip until Tuesday as investors sell off their losers at the end of the year for tax and reporting purposes. That makes Tuesday a good time to buy the fund in order to profit from the January effect. In January and February of 2019, the Russell gained about 5% against the S&P. It's relatively cheap vs. the S&P right now, having greatly underperformed for the last 18 or so months.