Features
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction to the Fifty-Fourth Edition 6
- 2021 Outlook 8
- 2021 Strategy Calendar 10
- January Almanac 12
- January’s First Five Days: An Early Warning System 14
- The Incredible January Barometer (Devised 1972): Only Ten Significant Errors in 70 Years 16
- January Barometer in Graphic Form Since 1950 18
- Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record 20
- February Almanac 22
- Market Behavior Under New Presidents 24
- Market Charts of Post–Presidential Election Years 26
- Post–Election Year Performance by Party 28
- March Almanac 30
- Post-Election Years: Paying the Piper 32
- The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool 34
- How to Trade Best Months Switching Strategies 36
- April Almanac 38
- Dow Jones Industrials One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1901 40
- S&P 500 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1930 42
- NASDAQ, Russell 1000 & 2000 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1971 44
- May Almanac 46
- Summer Market Volume Doldrums Drive Worst Six Months 48
- Top Performing Months: Standard & Poor’s 500 and Dow Jones Industrials 50
- “Best Six Months”: Still an Eye-Popping Strategy 52
- MACD-Timing Triples “Best Six Months” Results 54
- June Almanac 56
- Top Performing NASDAQ Months 58
- Get More Out of NASDAQ’s “Best Eight Months” with MACD Timing 60
- Triple Returns, Fewer Trades: Best 6 + 4-Year Cycle 62
- July Almanac 64
- First Month of Quarters is the Most Bullish 66
- 2019 Daily Dow Point Changes 68
- Don’t Sell Stocks on Monday or Friday 70
- August Almanac 72
- A Rally for All Seasons 74
- Take Advantage of Down Friday/Down Monday Warning 76
- Market Fares Better Under Democrats; Dollar Holds Up Better Under Republicans 78
- Republican Congress and Democratic President is Best for the Market 80
- September Almanac 82
- Market Gains More on Super-8 Days Each Month Than on All 13 Remaining Days Combined 84
- A Correction for All Seasons 86
- First-Trading-Day-of-the-Month Phenomenon 88
- October Almanac 90
- Sector Seasonality: Selected Percentage Plays 92
- Sector Index Seasonality Strategy Calendar 94
- Market Behavior Three Days before and Three Days after Holidays 98
- November Almanac 100
- Fourth-Quarter Market Magic 102
- Trading the Thanksgiving Market 104
- Aura of the Triple Witch—4th Quarter Most Bullish: Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After 106
- December Almanac 108
- Most of the So-Called January Effect Takes Place in the Last Half of December 110
- January Effect Now Starts in Mid-December 112
- Wall Street’s Only “Free Lunch” Served before Christmas 114
- If Santa Claus Should Fail to Call, Bears May Come to Broad and Wall 116
- 2022 Strategy Calendar 118
- Directory of Trading Patterns & Databank
- Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2021 121
- Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2021 122
- S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2021 123
- Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2021 124
- NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2021 125
- Recent NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2021 126
- Russell 1000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2021 127
- Russell 2000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2021 128
- Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon 129
- Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle: The 187-Year Saga Continues 130
- Dow Jones Industrials Bull and Bear Markets Since 1900 131
- Standard & Poor’s 500 Bull and Bear Markets Since 1929/NASDAQ Composite Since 1971 132
- Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: January and February 133
- Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: March and April 134
- Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: May and June 135
- Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: July and August 136
- Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: September and October 137
- Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: November and December 138
- A Typical Day in the Market 139
- Through the Week on a Half-Hourly Basis 140
- Tuesday Most Profitable Day of Week 141
- NASDAQ Strongest Last Three Days of Week 142
- S&P Daily Performance Each Year Since 1952 143
- NASDAQ Daily Performance Each Year Since 1971 144
- Monthly Cash Inflows into S&P Stocks 145
- Monthly Cash Inflows into NASDAQ Stocks 146
- November, December and January: Year’s Best Three-Month Span 147
- November Through June: NASDAQ’s Eight-Month Run 148
- Dow Jones Industrials Annual Highs, Lows and Closes Since 1901 149
- Standard & Poor’s 500 Annual Highs, Lows and Closes Since 1930 150
- NASDAQ, Russell 1000 and 2000 Annual Highs, Lows & Closes Since 1971 151
- Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Percent Changes Since 1950 152
- Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Point Changes Since 1950 153
- Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Closing Prices Since 1950 154
- Standard & Poor’s 500 Monthly Percent Changes Since 1950 155
- Standard & Poor’s 500 Monthly Closing Prices Since 1950 157
- NASDAQ Composite Monthly Percent Changes Since 1971 158
- NASDAQ Composite Monthly Closing Prices Since 1971 159
- Russell 1000 Monthly Percent Changes and Closing Prices Since 1979 160
- Russell 2000 Monthly Percent Changes and Closing Prices Since 1979 162
- 10 Best Days by Percent and Point 164
- 10 Worst Days by Percent and Point 165
- 10 Best Weeks by Percent and Point 166
- 10 Worst Weeks by Percent and Point 167
- 10 Best Months by Percent and Point 168
- 10 Worst Months by Percent and Point 169
- 10 Best Quarters by Percent and Point 170
- 10 Worst Quarters by Percent and Point 171
- 10 Best Years by Percent and Point 172
- 10 Worst Years by Percent and Point 173
- Strategy Planning and Record Section
- Portfolio at Start of 2021 175
- Additional Purchases 176
- Short-Term Transactions 178
- Long-Term Transactions 180
- Interest/Dividends Received During 2021/Brokerage Account Data 2021 182
- Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2021 183
- Weekly Indicator Data 2021 185
- Monthly Indicator Data 2021 187
- Portfolio at End of 2021 188
- If You Don’t Profit from Your Investment Mistakes, Someone Else Will/Performance Record of Recommendations 189
- Individual Retirement Account (IRA): Most Awesome Mass Investment Incentive Ever Devised 190
- G. M. Loeb’s “Battle Plan” for Investment Survival 191
- G. M. Loeb’s Investment Survival Checklist 192
