Stock Trader's Almanac 2018

10 2018 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 67 Years
18 January Barometer in Graphic Form Since 1950
20 February Almanac
22 Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record
24 The Eighth 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 Why a 50% Gain in the Dow Is Possible From Its 2018 Low to Its 2019 High
36 April Almanac
38 The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool
40 Super Boom Update: 2010 Forecast On Track for Dow 38820 by 2025
42 Culturally Enabling Paradigm Shifting Technology Poised to Fuel the Next Super Boom
44 Summer Market Volume Doldrums Drive Worst Six Months
46 May Almanac
48 Top Performing Months Past 67¼3 Years: Standard & Poor's 500 and Dow Jones Industrials
50 "Best Six Months": Still and Eye-Popping Strategy
52 MACD-Timing Triples "Best Six Months" Results
54 June Almanac
56 Top Performing NASDAQ Months Past 46¼3 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 July Almanac
64 First Month of Quarters Is the Most Bullish
66 2016 Daily Dow Point Changes
68 Don't Sell Stocks on Monday or Friday
70 A Rally for All Seasons
72 August Almanac
74 Take Advantage of Down Friday/Down Monday Warning
76 Best Investment Book of the Year: Relationship Investing: Stock Market Therapy for Your Money
78 Aura of the Triple Witch--4th Quarter Most Bullish: Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After
80 September Almanac
82 Sun May Be Setting on Super-8 Days of the Month Vs. 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 Midterm Election Time Unusually Bullish
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 2019 Strategy Calendar
121 Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2018
122 Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2018
123 S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2018
124 Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2018
125 NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2018
126 Recent NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2018
127 Russell 1000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2018
128 Russell 2000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2018
129 Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon
130 Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle: The 184-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
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 Percent and Point
162 10 Worst Days by Percent and Point
163 10 Best Weeks by Percent and Point
164 10 Worst Weeks by Percent and Point
165 10 Best Months by Percent and Point
166 10 Worst Months by Percent and Point
167 10 Best Quarters by Percent and Point
168 10 Worst Quarters by Percent and Point
169 10 Best Years by Percent and Point
170 10 Worst Years by Percent and Point
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
175 Portfolio at Start of 2018
176 Additional Purchases
178 Short-Term Transactions
180 Long-Term Transactions
182 Interest/Dividends Received during 2018/Brokerage Account Data 2018
183 Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2018
185 Weekly Indicator Data 2018
187 Monthly Indicator Data 2018
188 Portfolio at End of 2018
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