Stock Trader's Almanac 2014
10th Edition
Published on 30. September 2013
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-118-65945-8 (ISBN)
Description
A time-tested guide to stock trading market cycles and seasonal trends
Published every year since 1968, the Stock Trader's Almanac is a practical investment tool with a wealth of information organized in calendar format. Everyone from well-known money managers to savvy traders and investors relies upon this annual resource for its in-depth analyses and insights. The Stock Trader's Almanac 2014 contains essential historical price information on the stock market, provides monthly and daily reminders, and highlights seasonal trading opportunities and dangers.
The STA is now bound with a lexitone cover and an attractive gold spiral with gold foil stamping. This new format is more user-friendly and lies flat when open, easier for making notes. It is also lighter and more portable. This version harkens back to the original STA format that Yale Hirsch pioneered over 40 years ago.
The Stock Trader's Almanac 2014 is packed with timely insights and targeted analysis to help you navigate turbulent markets and beat the odds in the year ahead. This trusted guide combines over a century's worth of data, statistics, and trends along with vital analysis you won't get anywhere else.
* Alerts you to little-known market patterns and tendencies to help forecast market trends with accuracy and confidence
* An indispensable annual resource, trusted for over 40 years by traders and investors
* The data in the Almanac is some of the best in the business
For its wealth of information and the authority of its sources, the Stock Trader's Almanac stands alone as the guide to intelligent investing.
Published every year since 1968, the Stock Trader's Almanac is a practical investment tool with a wealth of information organized in calendar format. Everyone from well-known money managers to savvy traders and investors relies upon this annual resource for its in-depth analyses and insights. The Stock Trader's Almanac 2014 contains essential historical price information on the stock market, provides monthly and daily reminders, and highlights seasonal trading opportunities and dangers.
The STA is now bound with a lexitone cover and an attractive gold spiral with gold foil stamping. This new format is more user-friendly and lies flat when open, easier for making notes. It is also lighter and more portable. This version harkens back to the original STA format that Yale Hirsch pioneered over 40 years ago.
The Stock Trader's Almanac 2014 is packed with timely insights and targeted analysis to help you navigate turbulent markets and beat the odds in the year ahead. This trusted guide combines over a century's worth of data, statistics, and trends along with vital analysis you won't get anywhere else.
* Alerts you to little-known market patterns and tendencies to help forecast market trends with accuracy and confidence
* An indispensable annual resource, trusted for over 40 years by traders and investors
* The data in the Almanac is some of the best in the business
For its wealth of information and the authority of its sources, the Stock Trader's Almanac stands alone as the guide to intelligent investing.
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Content
CONTENTS
10 2014 Strategy Calendar
12 January Almanac
14 January's First Five Days: An Early Warning System
16 The Incredible January Barometer (Devised 1972): Only Seven Significant Errors in 63 Years
18 January Barometer in Graphic Form Since 1950
20 February Almanac
22 John Person's Top Ten Market Timing & Stock Selection Tools
24 The Fourth Year of Decades
26 Market Charts of Midterm Election Years
28 March Almanac
30 Midterm Election Years: Where Bottom Pickers Find Paradise
32 Prosperity More than Peace Determines Outcome of Midterm Congressional Races
34 How to Trade Best Months Switching Strategies
36 New Millennium Seasonal & Sector Trades
38 April Almanac
40 The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool
42 Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record
44 Top Performing Months Past 63¼3 Years: Standard & Poor's 500 and Dow Jones Industrials
46 May Almanac
48 "Best Six Months": Still an Eye-Popping Strategy
50 MACD-Timing Triples "Best Six Months" Results
52 Best Investment Book of the Year: Mastering the Stock Market
54 June Almanac
56 Top Performing NASDAQ Months Past 42¼3 Years
58 Get More out of NASDAQ's "Best Eight Months" with MACD-Timing
60 Triple Returns, Fewer Trades: Best 6 + 4-Year Cycle
62 First Months of Quarters are the Most Bullish
64 July Almanac
66 2012 Daily Dow Point Changes
68 Don't Sell Stocks on Monday or Friday
70 A Rally for All Seasons
72 August Almanac
74 Why a 50% Gain in the Dow is Possible from its 2014 Low to its 2015 High
76 Aura of the Triple Witch--4th Quarter Most Bullish: Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After
78 Take Advantage of Down Friday/Down Monday Warning
80 September Almanac
82 A Correction for All Seasons
84 First-Trading-Day-of-the-Month Phenomenon: Dow Gains More One Day than All Other Days
86 Market Behavior Three Days Before and Three Days After Holidays
88 Market Gains More on Super-8 Days Each Month than on All 13 Remaining Days Combined
90 October Almanac
92 Sector Seasonality: Selected Percentage Plays
94 Sector Index Seasonality Strategy Calendar
98 November Almanac
100 Midterm Election Time Unusually Bullish
102 Fourth Quarter Market Magic
104 Trading the Thanksgiving Market
106 Most of the So-Called "January Effect" Takes Place in the Last Half of December
108 December Almanac
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 2015 Strategy Calendar
DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS & DATABANK
121 Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2014
122 Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2014
123 S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2014
124 Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2014
125 NASDAQ Market Probability Calendar 2014
126 Recent NASDAQ Market Probability Calendar 2014
127 Russell 1000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2014
128 Russell 2000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2014
129 Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon
130 Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle: The 180-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, and Closes Since 1901
150 S&P 500 Annual Highs, Lows, and Closes Since 1930
151 NASDAQ, Russell 1000 and 2000 Annual Highs, Lows, and 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
156 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
161 10 Best Days by Point and Percent
162 10 Worst Days by Point and Percent
163 10 Best Weeks by Point and Percent
164 10 Worst Weeks by Point and Percent
165 10 Best Months by Point and Percent
166 10 Worst Months by Point and Percent
167 10 Best Quarters by Point and Percent
168 10 Worst Quarters by Point and Percent
169 10 Best Years by Point and Percent
170 10 Worst Years by Point and Percent
171 Dow Jones Industrials One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1901
172 S&P 500 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1930
173 NASDAQ, Russell 1000 & 2000 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1971
STRATEGY PLANNING AND RECORD SECTION
175 Portfolio at Start of 2014
176 Additional Purchases
178 Short-Term Transactions
180 Long-Term Transactions
182 Interest/Dividends Received during 2014/Brokerage Account Data 2014
183 Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2014
185 Weekly Indicator Data 2014
187 Monthly Indicator Data 2014
188 Portfolio at End of 2014
189 If You Don't Profit from Your Investment Mistakes, Someone Else Will; Performance Record of Recommendations
190 Individual Retirement Account: 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
10 2014 Strategy Calendar
12 January Almanac
14 January's First Five Days: An Early Warning System
16 The Incredible January Barometer (Devised 1972): Only Seven Significant Errors in 63 Years
18 January Barometer in Graphic Form Since 1950
20 February Almanac
22 John Person's Top Ten Market Timing & Stock Selection Tools
24 The Fourth Year of Decades
26 Market Charts of Midterm Election Years
28 March Almanac
30 Midterm Election Years: Where Bottom Pickers Find Paradise
32 Prosperity More than Peace Determines Outcome of Midterm Congressional Races
34 How to Trade Best Months Switching Strategies
36 New Millennium Seasonal & Sector Trades
38 April Almanac
40 The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool
42 Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record
44 Top Performing Months Past 63¼3 Years: Standard & Poor's 500 and Dow Jones Industrials
46 May Almanac
48 "Best Six Months": Still an Eye-Popping Strategy
50 MACD-Timing Triples "Best Six Months" Results
52 Best Investment Book of the Year: Mastering the Stock Market
54 June Almanac
56 Top Performing NASDAQ Months Past 42¼3 Years
58 Get More out of NASDAQ's "Best Eight Months" with MACD-Timing
60 Triple Returns, Fewer Trades: Best 6 + 4-Year Cycle
62 First Months of Quarters are the Most Bullish
64 July Almanac
66 2012 Daily Dow Point Changes
68 Don't Sell Stocks on Monday or Friday
70 A Rally for All Seasons
72 August Almanac
74 Why a 50% Gain in the Dow is Possible from its 2014 Low to its 2015 High
76 Aura of the Triple Witch--4th Quarter Most Bullish: Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After
78 Take Advantage of Down Friday/Down Monday Warning
80 September Almanac
82 A Correction for All Seasons
84 First-Trading-Day-of-the-Month Phenomenon: Dow Gains More One Day than All Other Days
86 Market Behavior Three Days Before and Three Days After Holidays
88 Market Gains More on Super-8 Days Each Month than on All 13 Remaining Days Combined
90 October Almanac
92 Sector Seasonality: Selected Percentage Plays
94 Sector Index Seasonality Strategy Calendar
98 November Almanac
100 Midterm Election Time Unusually Bullish
102 Fourth Quarter Market Magic
104 Trading the Thanksgiving Market
106 Most of the So-Called "January Effect" Takes Place in the Last Half of December
108 December Almanac
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 2015 Strategy Calendar
DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS & DATABANK
121 Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2014
122 Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2014
123 S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2014
124 Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2014
125 NASDAQ Market Probability Calendar 2014
126 Recent NASDAQ Market Probability Calendar 2014
127 Russell 1000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2014
128 Russell 2000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2014
129 Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon
130 Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle: The 180-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, and Closes Since 1901
150 S&P 500 Annual Highs, Lows, and Closes Since 1930
151 NASDAQ, Russell 1000 and 2000 Annual Highs, Lows, and 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
156 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
161 10 Best Days by Point and Percent
162 10 Worst Days by Point and Percent
163 10 Best Weeks by Point and Percent
164 10 Worst Weeks by Point and Percent
165 10 Best Months by Point and Percent
166 10 Worst Months by Point and Percent
167 10 Best Quarters by Point and Percent
168 10 Worst Quarters by Point and Percent
169 10 Best Years by Point and Percent
170 10 Worst Years by Point and Percent
171 Dow Jones Industrials One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1901
172 S&P 500 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1930
173 NASDAQ, Russell 1000 & 2000 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1971
STRATEGY PLANNING AND RECORD SECTION
175 Portfolio at Start of 2014
176 Additional Purchases
178 Short-Term Transactions
180 Long-Term Transactions
182 Interest/Dividends Received during 2014/Brokerage Account Data 2014
183 Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2014
185 Weekly Indicator Data 2014
187 Monthly Indicator Data 2014
188 Portfolio at End of 2014
189 If You Don't Profit from Your Investment Mistakes, Someone Else Will; Performance Record of Recommendations
190 Individual Retirement Account: 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