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.