Stock Trader's Almanac 2005

by Jeffrey A. Hirsch; Yale Hirsch; Hirsch Organization

• ISBN13: 9780471649366
• ISBN10: 0471649368
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

This practical investment tool contains a wealth of information you can use to enhance your profit potential. Organized on a calendar basis, the Almanac alerts you to little-known market patterns and tendencies useful in forecasting market trends. You'll learn:How our presidential elections affect the economy and the stock market.How the passage of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution fathered the January Barometer, which has a 90.7% accuracy ratio.Why there is a significant market bias at certain times of the day, week, month, and year.Even if you pay scant attention to cycles, indicators, and patterns, your investment survival could hinge on your interpretation on one of the recurring patterns found with these pages. Order your copy today!

Table of Contents

2005 Strategy Calendar	8	(2)
Prognosticating Tools And Patterns For 2005	10	(2)
January Almanac	12	(2)
A January's First Five Days An "Early Warning" System	14	(2)
The Incredible January Barometer (Devised 1972) Only Five Significant Errors In 54 Years	16	(2)
January Barometer In Graphic Form Since 1950	18	(2)
February Almanac	20	(2)
Hot January Industries Beat S&P 500 Next 11 Months	22	(2)
1933 "Lame Duck" Amendment Reason January Barometer Works	24	(2)
The Fifth Year Of Decades - No Losers In 120 Years	26	(2)
Market Charts Of Post-Presidential Election Years	28	(2)
March Almanac	30	(2)
Profit On Day Before St. Patrick's Day	32	(2)
Market Behavior When White House Changes Hands	34	(2)
Post-Election Years: Paying The Piper	36	(2)
April Almanac	38	(2)
The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool	40	(2)
Under Democrats $10,000 Grows To $279,705 But Only To $78,699 Under The Republicans	42	(2)
Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record	44	(2)
May Almanac	46	(2)
Top Performing Months Past 54 1/2 Years Standard & Poor's 500 & Dow Jones Industrials	48	(2)
"Best Six Months" Still An Eye-Popping Strategy	50	(2)
MACD-Timing Triples "Best Six Months" Results	52	(2)
Top Performing NASDAQ Months Past 33 1/2 Years	54	(2)
June Almanac	56	(2)
Get More Out of NASDAQ's "Best Eight Months" With MACD-Timing	58	(2)
Dow Gains Most First Two Days Of Week	60	(2)
First-Trading-Day-Of-The-Month Phenomenon	62	(2)
July Almanac	64	(2)
2003 Daily Dow Point Changes	66	(2)
Gridlock On Capitol Hill Is Best For The Markets	68	(2)
A Rally For All Seasons	70	(2)
August Almanac	72	(2)
First Month Of Quarters Is The Most Bullish	74	(2)
Aura Of The Triple Witch - Quarters 1 And 4 Bullish But Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After	76	(2)
Almanac Investing 101	78	(4)
September Almanac	82	(2)
A Correction For All Seasons	84	(2)
Market Behavior Three Days Before And Three Days After Holidays	86	(2)
Market Gains More Eight Days A Months Than On All 13 Remaining Days Combined	88	(2)
October Almanac	90	(2)
Eight Steps For Driving A Stake Through The Heart Of Bureaucracy	92	(4)
Trade Like A Hedge Fund: Best Investment Book Of The Year	96	(2)
Year's Top Investment Books	98	(4)
November Almanac	102	(2)
A Powerful New Tool For Almanac Investors	104	(2)
Most Of The So-Called "January Effect" Takes Place In The Last Half Of December	106	(2)
Trading The Thanksgiving Market	108	(2)
December Almanac	110	(2)
Wall Street's Only "Free Lunch" Now Served At Year-End	112	(2)
January Effect Now Starts In Mid-December	114	(2)
If Santa Claus Should Fail To Call Bears May Come To Broad & Wall	116	(2)
Sector Seasonality: Selected Percentage Plays	118	(2)
NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2005	120	(1)
Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2005	121	(1)
S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2005	122	(1)
Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2005	123	(1)
2006 Strategy Calendar	124	(2)
Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon	126	(1)
Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle The 171-Year Saga Continues	127	(1)
Bull And Bear Markets Since 1900	128	(2)
DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS DATABANK
A Typical Day In The Market	130	(1)
Through the Week On A Half-Hourly Basis	131	(1)
Monday Now Most Profitable Day Of Week	132	(1)
NASDAQ Days Of The Week	133	(1)
S&P Daily Performance Each Year Since 1952	134	(1)
NASDAQ Daily Performance Each Year Since 1971	135	(1)
Monthly Cash Inflows Into S&P Stocks	136	(1)
Monthly Cash Inflows Into NASDAQ Stocks	137	(1)
November, December, And January-Year's Best Three Month Span	138	(1)
November Through June - NASDAQ's Eight-Month Run	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)
Best & Worst Dow Days	154	(1)
Best & Worst NASDAQ Days	155	(1)
Best & Worst Dow Weeks	156	(1)
Best & Worst NASDAQ Weeks	157	(1)
Best & Worst Dow Months	158	(1)
Best & Worst NASDAQ Months	159	(1)
Best & Worst Dow & NASDAQ Years	160	(2)
STRATEGY PLANNING RECORD SECTION
Portfolio At Start Of 2005	162	(2)
Additional Purchases	164	(3)
Short-Term Transactions	167	(6)
Long-Term Transactions	173	(4)
Interest/Dividends Received During 2005/Brokerage Account Data 2005	177	(1)
Portfolio At End Of 2005	178	(2)
Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2005 (First Half)	180	(2)
Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2005 (Second Half)	182	(2)
Weekly Indicator Data 2005	184	(2)
Monthly Indicator Data 2005	186	(1)
If You Don't Profit From Your Investment Mistakes Someone Else Will/Performance Record Of Recommendations	187	(1)
IRA: Most Awesome Investment Incentive Ever Devised	188	(1)
Top One Hundred-Forty Exchange Traded Funds	189	(1)
G.M. Loeb's "Battle Plan" For Investment Survival	190	(1)
G.M. Loeb's Investment Survival Checklist	191	(1)
Important Contacts	192