Stock Trader's Almanac 2020 (Almanac Investor Series)

Book Synopsis: The best data in the business, updated for 2020. Stock Trader's Almanac 2020 provides the cleanest historical data in the business to give traders and investors an advantage in the market. The 2020 edition is consistent with decades of the Stock Trader's Almanac showing you the cycles, trends, and patterns you need to know in order to invest with minimum risk and maximum profit. Updated with the latest numbers, this indispensable guide is organized in a calendar format to provide monthly and daily reminders, including upcoming opportunities to grab and dangers to avoid. Proprietary strategies include the Hirsch Organization's Best Six Months Switching Strategy, the January Barometer, and the Four-Year Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle, arming you with the tools savvy investors use to achieve their market goals.

Trusted by Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other respected market authorities, this indispensable guide has helped generations of investors make smart market moves. This new edition provides the same level of invaluable guidance, with the latest data straight from the vault.

Table of contents

• Introduction to the Fifty-Third Edition 6
• 2020 Outlook 8
• 2020 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 69 Years 16
• January Barometer in Graphic Form Since 1950 18
• February Almanac 20
• Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record 22
• The Tenth Year of Decades 24
• 2020 Presidential Election Year Perspectives 26
• March Almanac 28
• Market Charts of Presidential Election Years 30
• How the Government Manipulates the Economy to Stay in Power 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 Drives 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
• 2018 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
• Incumbent Party Wins & Losses 78
• Only Two Losses Last 7 Months of Election Years 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
• November Almanac 98
• Market Behavior Three Days Before and Three Days After Holidays 100
• Fourth-Quarter Market Magic 102
• Trading the Thanksgiving Market 104
• December Almanac 106
• Aura of the Triple Witch—4th Quarter Most Bullish: Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After 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
• 2021 Strategy Calendar 118
• Directory of Trading Patterns & Databank
• Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2020 121
• Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2020 122
• S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2020 123
• Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2020 124
• NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2020 125
• Recent NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2020 126
• Russell 1000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2020 127
• Russell 2000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2020 128
• Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon 129
• Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle: The 186-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 3 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 & Closes Since 1901 149
• Standard & Poor’s 500 Annual Highs, Lows & 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