Stock Trader's Almanac 2019 (Spiral, 15)

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