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Created by Yale Hirsch in 1967, the Stock Trader's Almanac has delivered money-making insights and strategies to investors for more than six decades. The Almanac originated such important market phenomena as the "January Barometer" and the "Santa Claus Rally" and was instrumental in popularizing other tradable strategies, such as "The Best Six Months Strategy" (commonly known as "Sell in May and Go Away") and the four-year Presidential Election Cycle.
Mr. Hirsch imparted his knowledge of the stock market to his son, Jeffrey Hirsch. who joined the organization as a market analyst and historian under the mentorship of his father in 1990 and became editor-in-chief some years later. Even since, Jeff has carried on his father's tradition of constantly improving the Stock Trader's Almanac and has been tireless in his efforts to explain how investors can use the Stock Trader's Almanac to beat the market.
Jeff regularly appears on major news networks such as CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg; he is quoted extensively in major newspapers and financial publications; and he is in high demand as conference speaker. In short, he is the media's "go-to guy" on all things related to applying the lessons of history to today's stock market.
The 2022 Stock Trader’s Almanac, the 55th Annual Edition, continues its rich tradition of showing you the cycles, trends, and patterns you need to know in order to trade and/or invest with reduced risk and for maximum profit. Trusted by Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and many other respected market authorities, this indispensable guide has helped generations of investors. Order your copy to make smarter, more profitable investment decisions in 2022.
6 Introduction to the Fifty-Fifth Edition
8 2022 Outlook
10 2022 Strategy Calendar
12 January Almanac
14 January’s First Five Days: An Early Warning System
16 The Incredible January Barometer (Devised 1972):
Only Eleven Significant Errors in 71 Years
18 January Barometer in Graphic Form Since 1950
20 Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record
22 February Almanac
24 Market Charts of Midterm Election Years
26 Midterm Election Years: Where Bottom Picker’s Find Paradise
28 Prosperity More Than Peace Determines the Outcome of Midterm
Congressional Races
30 March Almanac
32 Why a 50% Gain in the Dow is Possible from Its 2022 Low to Its 2023 High
34 The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool
36 How to Trade Best Months Switching Strategies
38 April Almanac
40 Dow Jones Industrials One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1901
42 S&P 500 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1930
44 NASDAQ, Russell 1000 & 2000 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1971
46 May Almanac
48 Summer Market Volume Doldrums Drive Worst Six Months
50 Top Performing Months: Standard & Poor’s 500 and Dow Jones Industrials
52 “Best Six Months”: Still an Eye-Popping Strategy
54 MACD-Timing Triples “Best Six Months” Results
56 June Almanac
58 Top Performing NASDAQ Months
60 Get More Out of NASDAQ’s “Best Eight Months” with MACD Timing
62 Triple Returns, Fewer Trades: Best 6 + 4-Year Cycle
64 July Almanac
66 First Month of Quarters Is the Most Bullish
68 2020 Daily Dow Point Changes
70 Don’t Sell Stocks on Monday or Friday
72 August Almanac
74 A Rally for All Seasons
76 Take Advantage of Down Friday/Down Monday Warning
78 Marty Zweig’s Investing Rules
80 Fourth Quarter Market Magic
82 September Almanac
84 Market Gains More on Super-8 Days Each Month
Than on All 13 Remaining Days Combined
86 A Correction for All Seasons
88 First-Trading-Day-of-the-Month Phenomenon
90 October Almanac
92 Sector Seasonality: Selected Percentage Plays
94 Sector Index Seasonality Strategy Calendar
98 Market Behavior Three Days before and Three Days after Holidays
100 November Almanac
102 Midterm Election Time Unusually Bullish
104 Trading the Thanksgiving Market
106 Aura of the Triple Witch—4th Quarter Most Bullish:
Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After
108 December Almanac
110 Most of the So-Called January Effect
Takes Place in the Last Half of December
112 January Effect Now Starts in Mid-December
114 Wall Street’s Only “Free Lunch” Served before Christmas
116 If Santa Claus Should Fail to Call, Bears May Come to Broad and Wall
118 2023 Strategy Calendar
DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS & DATABANK
121 Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2022
122 Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2022
123 S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2022
124 Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2022
125 NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2022
126 Recent NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2022
127 Russell 1000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2022
128 Russell 2000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2022
129 Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon
130 Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle: The 188-Year Saga Continues
131 Dow Jones Industrials Bull and Bear Markets Since 1900
132 Standard & Poor’s 500 Bull and Bear Markets Since 1929/
NASDAQ Composite Since 1971
133 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: January and February
134 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: March and April
135 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: May and June
136 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: July and August
137 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: September and October
138 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: November and December
139 A Typical Day in the Market
140 Through the Week on a Half-Hourly Basis
141 Tuesday Most Profitable Day of Week
142 NASDAQ Strongest Last Three Days of Week
143 S&P Daily Performance Each Year Since 1952
144 NASDAQ Daily Performance Each Year Since 1971
145 Monthly Cash Inflows into S&P Stocks
146 Monthly Cash Inflows into NASDAQ Stocks
147 November, December and January: Year’s Best Three-Month Span
148 November Through June: NASDAQ’s Eight-Month Run
149 Dow Jones Industrials Annual Highs, Lows and Closes Since 1901
150 Standard & Poor’s 500 Annual Highs, Lows and Closes Since 1930
151 NASDAQ, Russell 1000 and 2000 Annual Highs, Lows & Closes Since 1971
152 Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Percent Changes Since 1950
153 Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Point Changes Since 1950
154 Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Closing Prices Since 1950
155 Standard & Poor’s 500 Monthly Percent Changes Since 1950
157 Standard & Poor’s 500 Monthly Closing Prices Since 1950
158 NASDAQ Composite Monthly Percent Changes Since 1971
159 NASDAQ Composite Monthly Closing Prices Since 1971
160 Russell 1000 Monthly Percent Changes and Closing Prices Since 1979
162 Russell 2000 Monthly Percent Changes and Closing Prices Since 1979
164 10 Best Days by Percent and Point
165 10 Worst Days by Percent and Point
166 10 Best Weeks by Percent and Point
167 10 Worst Weeks by Percent and Point
168 10 Best Months by Percent and Point
169 10 Worst Months by Percent and Point
170 10 Best Quarters by Percent and Point
171 10 Worst Quarters by Percent and Point
172 10 Best Years by Percent and Point
173 10 Worst Years by Percent and Point
STRATEGY PLANNING AND RECORD SECTION
175 Portfolio at Start of 2022
176 Additional Purchases
178 Short-Term Transactions
180 Long-Term Transactions
182 Interest/Dividends Received During 2021/Brokerage Account Data 2022
183 Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2022
185 Weekly Indicator Data 2022
187 Monthly Indicator Data 2022
188 Portfolio at End of 2022
189 If You Don’t Profit from Your Investment Mistakes, Someone Else Will/
Performance Record of Recommendations
190 Individual Retirement Account (IRA):
Most Awesome Mass Investment Incentive Ever Devised
191 G. M. Loeb’s “Battle Plan” for Investment Survival
192 G. M. Loeb’s Investment Survival Checklist