Investors are familiar with the concept of a "Santa Claus" rally. In his Next Inning newsletter, however, Paul McWiliams looks at a less well-known seasonal pattern involving the Chinese New Year.

"With the growth of Asian consumerism we've seen a progressive shift in holiday shopping patterns.

"While the Christmas holiday shopping season still dominates these seasonal patterns, the Chinese New Year has significantly grown in importance during the last decade.

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"I think they will rush to commodity-based assets because of the serious underinvestment phase the commodity sector is involved in now. This will lead to shortages and very high prices down the road in all commodities.

"Once the dollar begins to roll over, gold will be an instant benefactor. It is already looking stronger in my technical work, and it is time that investors should have gold in their portfolios. I still recommend that you put new money into the major gold miners only.

"We are approaching an interesting seasonal period for gold. Years ago, the Stock Trader's Almanac used to specify a seasonal trade in gold.

"Their study showed that if you bought ASA Ltd. (NYSE: ASA) at its low in November and sold it at its high in the first quarter of the next year, you would have averaged a gain of 87.8%.

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