Stock Trader's Almanac 2001

by Hirsch, Yale

• ISBN13: 9781889223018
• ISBN10: 1889223018
• Edition: 34th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Hirsch Organization

Table of Contents

2001 Strategy Calendar	8	(2)
Prognosticating Tools And Patterns For 2001	10	(2)
January Almanac	12	(2)
January Strategy Calendar	14	(2)
January's First Five Days An ``Early Warning'' System	16	(2)
The Incredible January Barometer Only Three Significant Errors In 50 Years	18	(2)
January Barometer in Graphic Form	20	(2)
February Almanac	22	(2)
February Strategy Calendar	24	(2)
1933 ``Lame Duck'' Amendment Reason January Barometer Works	26	(2)
The First Year of Decades	28	(2)
March Almanac	30	(2)
March Strategy Calendar	32	(2)
Market Charts of Post-Presidential Election Years	34	(2)
Market Behavior When White House Changes Hands	36	(2)
April Almanac	38	(2)
April Strategy Calendar	40	(2)
Post-Election Years: Paying The Piper	42	(2)
Under Democrats $10,000 Grows To $270,930 But Only To $94,675 Under Republicans	44	(2)
May Almanac	46	(2)
May Strategy Calendar	48	(2)
Top Performing Months Past 50 Years S&P 500 and Dow Industrials	50	(2)
Our ``Best Six Months'' Discovery (In 1986) Continues to Rack Up Phenomenal Gains	52	(2)
June Almanac	54	(2)
June Strategy Calendar	56	(2)
``Best Six Months'' Record Skyrockets With A Simple Market-Timing Indicator	58	(2)
Supertrader of The Year and the Millennium	60	(2)
First Trading Days of the Month Sizzle	62	(2)
July Almanac	64	(2)
July Strategy Calendar	66	(2)
First Month of First Three Quarters is the Most Bullish	68	(2)
A Rally for all Seasons	70	(2)
August Almanac	72	(2)
August Strategy Calendar	74	(2)
Bull Mondays Up 11 Years in a Row	76	(2)
Top Performing NASDAQ Months Past 29 1/2 Years	78	(2)
NASDAQ ``Best Six Months'' Strategy Beats S&P ``Best Eight'' Even Better, ``Worst Four'' A Bust	80	(2)
September Almanac	82	(2)
September Strategy Calendar	84	(2)
A Correction for all Seasons	86	(2)
Market Behavior Three Days Before and Three Days After Holidays	88	(2)
October Almanac	90	(2)
October Strategy Calendar	92	(2)
End-Of-Month Bullish Seasonality Shifting	94	(2)
First Came the Prime Five Days, Then Super Six, Now First Three and Mid-Month are Strongest	96	(2)
November Almanac	98	(2)
November Strategy Calendar	100	(2)
Most of The So-Called ``January Effect'' Takes Place in December's Last Two Weeks	102	(2)
Thanksgiving Market--Nothing to be Thankful for Lately	104	(2)
December Almanac	106	(2)
December Strategy Calendar	108	(2)
Wall Street's Only Free Lunch Being Served Later in the Year	110	(2)
January Effect Starts in Mid-December	112	(2)
If Santa Claus Should Fail to Call Bears May Come to Broad and Wall	114	(2)
Perfect Market Timers Grow $1,000 to $85,937 Sector Selectors Grow $1,000 to $4,357,000,000	116	(2)
1999 Daily Dow Point Changes	118	(1)
Days Between 26th Through 10th Outperform 11th Through 25th Days	119	(1)
A Lesson in Market Psychology	120	(1)
Stocks that Move the Market Averages	121	(1)
Best Investment Books of the Year	122	(2)
Year's Top Investment Books	124	(2)
Fuel Cells and Photovoltaics Boom: Hello Sunshine!	126	(2)
DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS & DATABANK
A Typical Day in the Market	128	(1)
Through the Week on a Half-Hourly Basis	129	(1)
Monday is now Winningest Day of the Week	130	(1)
``New Economy'' NASDAQ Days of the Week	131	(1)
S&P Daily Performance Each Year Since 1952	132	(1)
NASDAQ Daily Performance Each Year Since 1971	133	(1)
End-Of-Month Cash Inflows into S&P Stocks	134	(1)
End-Of-Month Cash Inflows into NASDAQ Stocks	135	(1)
November, December, January--Year's Best Three Month Span	136	(1)
November Through June--NASDAQ's Eight Month Run	137	(1)
Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon	138	(1)
Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle The 169-Year Sage Continues	139	(1)
Standard & Poor's 500 Monthly Percent Changes	140	(2)
Standard & Poor's 500 Monthly Closing Prices	142	(2)
Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Percent Changes	144	(2)
Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Point Changes	146	(2)
Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Closing Prices	148	(2)
NASDAQ Composite Monthly Percent Changes	150	(2)
NASDAQ Composite Monthly Closing Prices	152	(2)
Largest One-Day Dow Gains and Losses	154	(1)
Largest One-Day NASDAQ Gains and Losses	155	(1)
Largest Weekly Dow Gains and Losses	156	(1)
Largest Weekly NASDAQ Gains and Losses	157	(1)
Largest Monthly Dow Gains and Losses	158	(1)
Largest Monthly NASDAQ Gains and Losses	159	(1)
Largest Yearly Dow Gains and Losses	160	(1)
Largest Yearly NASDAQ Gains and Losses	161	(1)
20th Century Bull and Bear Markets	162	(2)
STRATEGY PLANNING & RECORD SECTION
Portfolio at Start of 2001	164	(1)
Spring Portfolio Review	165	(1)
Summer Portfolio Review	166	(1)
Fall Portfolio Review	167	(1)
Winter Portfolio Review	168	(1)
Additional Purchases	169	(1)
Short-Term Transactions	170	(1)
Long-Term Transactions	171	(1)
Portfolio at end of 2001	172	(1)
Interest/Dividends Received During 2001/Brokerage Account Data 2001	173	(1)
Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2001	174	(2)
Weekly Indicator Data 2001	176	(2)
Monthly Indicator Data 2001	178	(1)
If You Don't Profit From Your Investment Mistakes Someone Else Will/Performance Record of Recommendations	179	(1)
Favorite Financial Websites	180	(2)
G.M. Loeb's ``Battle Plan'' for Investment Survival	182	(1)
G.M. Loeb's Investment Survival Checklist	183	(1)
IRA: The Most Awesome Mass Investment Incentive Ever Devised	184	(1)
Stock Fractions in Decimals and Cents/Option Trading Codes	185	(1)
NASDAQ Market Probability Calendar 2001	186	(1)
NASDAQ Market Probability Chart 2001	187	(1)
S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2001	188	(1)
S&P 500 Market Probability Chart 2001	189	(1)
2002 Strategy Calendar	190	(2)
Financial Directory	192