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 144 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 Russell 2000 Monthly Percent Changes and Closing Prices Since 1979 162 10 Best Days by Percent and Point 164 10 Worst Days by Percent and Point 165 10 Best Weeks by Percent and Point 166 10 Worst Weeks by Percent and Point 167 10 Best Months by Percent and Point 168 10 Worst Months by Percent and Point 169 10 Best Quarters by Percent and Point 170 10 Worst Quarters by Percent and Point 171 10 Best Years by Percent and Point 172 10 Worst Years by Percent and Point 173 Strategy Planning and Record Section Portfolio at Start of 2020 175 Additional Purchases 176 Short-Term Transactions 178 Long-Term Transactions 180 Interest/Dividends Received During 2020/Brokerage Account Data 2020 182 Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2020 183 Weekly Indicator Data 2020 185 Monthly Indicator Data 2020 187 Portfolio at End of 2020 188 If You Don''t Profit from Your Investment Mistakes, Someone Else Will/ Performance Record of Recommendations 189 Individual Retirement Account (IRA): Most Awesome Mass Investment Incentive Ever Devised 190 G. M. Loeb''s "Battle Plan" for Investment Survival 191 G. M. Loeb''s Investment Survival Checklist 192.