The Almanac Investor

Typical S&P Month Typical NASDAQ Month Dow Gains More Eight Days a Month Than On All 13 Remaining Days Combined S&P 500 Market Probability Calendars Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendars NASDAQ Market Probability Calendars Russell 1000 Market Probability Calendars Russell 2000 Market Probability Calendars Annual Trading Patterns. Market Behavior Three Days Before and Three Days After Holidays. Seasonal Rallies and Corrections. Best Months of the Year: Seasonal Switching Strategies. Aura of the Triple Witch: Fourth Quarter Most Bullish, Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After. Annual Trading Volume Patterns. The December Low Indicator: A Use Prognosticating Tool. The Four-Year Presidential Election/ Stock Market Cycle. The 172-Year Saga Continues. How the Government Manipulates the Economy to Stay in Power. Gridlock on Capitol Hill Is Best for the Markets. Post-Election Years: Paying the Piper. Under Democrats $10,000 Grows to $279,705, but Only to $80,466 Under Republicans. Market Behavior When Incumbent Party Wins and Loses. Post-Election High to Midterm Low: -22.2%. Midterm Election Years: Where Bottom Pickers Find Paradise. 50% Gain From Midterm Low to Pre-Election High. Prosperity More Than Peace Determines Outcome of Midterm Congressional Races. Midterm Election Time Unusually Bullish. Pre-Election Years: No Losers Since 1939 Only One Loss Last 7 Months of Election Years. Incumbent Victories versus Incumbent Defeats. Market Acts as a Barometer Between the Last Convention and Election Day. Election Year Perspectives and Observations. Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon. Bull and Bear Markets Since 1900. How War and Peace Impact the Markets. The Three Peaks and Domed House Recurring Market Pattern. Part 2: Seasonal Sector Investing. Sector Indices. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Part 3: Databank. Dow Jones Industrial Average Since 1950. Standard & Poor's 500 Since 1950. NASDAQ Since 1971. Russell 1000 Since 1979. Russell 2000 Since 1979.