10 2019 Strategy Calendar 12 January Almanac 14 January''s First Five Days: An Early Warning System 16 The Incredible January Barometer (Devised 1972): Only Nine Significant Errors in 68 Years 18 January Barometer in Graphic Form Since 1950 20 February Almanac 22 Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record 24 The Ninth Year of Decades 26 Market Charts of Pre-Presidential Election Years 28 March Almanac 30 Pre-Presidental Election Years: Only One Loser in 80 Years 32 Why a 50% Gain in the Dow Is Possible from Its 2018 Low to Its 2019 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 Past 68¼2 Years: Standard & Poor''s 500 and Dow Jones Industrials 52 "Best Six Months": Still an Eye-Popping Strategy 54 June Almanac 56 MACD-Timing Triples "Best Six Months" Results 58 Top Performing NASDAQ Months Past 47¼3 Years 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 2017 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 Aura of the Triple Witch--4th Quarter Most Bullish: Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After 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 Market Behavior Three Days Before and Three Days After Holidays 90 October Almanac 92 Sector Seasonality: Selected Percentage Plays 94 Sector Index Seasonality Strategy Calendar 98 November Almanac 100 Best Investment Book of the Year: Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments 102 Fourth-Quarter Market Magic 104 Trading the Thanksgiving Market 106 December Almanac 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 Year''s Top Investment Books 118 2020 Strategy Calendar DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS and DATABANK 121 Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2019 122 Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2019 123 S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2019 124 Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2019 125 NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2019 126 Recent NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2019 127 Russell 1000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2019 128 Russell 2000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2019 129 Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon 130 Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle: The 185-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 3 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 & Closes Since 1901 150 S&P 500 Annual Highs, Lows & Closes Since 1930 151 NASDAQ, Russell 1000 & 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 Index Monthly Percent Changes Since 1979 161 Russell 1000 Index Monthly Closing Prices Since 1979 162 Russell 2000 Index Monthly Percent Changes Since 1979 163 Russell 2000 Index Monthly 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 2019 176 Additional Purchases 178 Short-Term Transactions 180 Long-Term Transactions 182 Interest/Dividends Received During 2019/Brokerage Account Data 2019 183 Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2019 185 Weekly Indicator Data 2019 187 Monthly Indicator Data 2019 188 Portfolio at End of 2019 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.
Stock Trader's Almanac 2019