Table of Contents

10 2012 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 61 Years 18 January Barometer in Graphic Form Since 1950 20 February Almanac 22 Hot January Industries Beat S&P 500 Next 11 Months 24 2012 Presidential Election Year Perspectives 26 The Second Year of Decades 28 March Almanac 30 Market Charts of Presidential Election Years 32 How to Trade Best Months Switching Strategies 34 How the Government Manipulates the Economy to Stay in Power 36 April Almanac 38 Incumbent Party Wins and Losses 40 The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool 42 Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record 44 Top Performing Months Past 611/3Years: 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 Only Two Losses Last 7 Months of Election Years 54 June Almanac 56 Top Performing NASDAQ Months Past 401/3Years 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 2010 Daily Dow Point Changes 68 Don't Sell Stocks on Monday or Friday 70 A Rally for All Seasons 72 August Almanac 74 Fifteen Year Projection 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 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 Fourth Quarter Market Magic 102 Trading the Thanksgiving Market 104 Most of the So-Called "January Effect" Takes Place in the Last Half of December 106 December Almanac 108 January Effect Now Starts in Mid-December 110 Wall Street's Only Free Lunch Served before Christmas 112 If Santa Claus Should Fail to Call, Bears May Come to Broad and Wall 114 Best Investment Book of the Year: George Lindsay and the A rt of Technical Analysis; Year's Top Investment Books 118 2012 Strategy Calendar DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS AND DATABANK. 121 Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2012 122 Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2012 123 S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2012 124 Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2012 125 NASDAQ Market Probability Calendar 2012 126 Recent NASDAQ Market Probability Calendar 2012 127 Russell 1000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2012 128 Russell 2000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2012 129 Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon 130 Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle: The 178-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 Wednesday 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 Standard & Poor's 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 BestWeeks by Point and Percent 164 10 WorstWeeks 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 BestYears by Point and Percent 170 10 WorstYears by Point and Percent STRATEGY PLANNING AND RECORD SECTION. 172 Portfolio at Start of 2012 173 Additional Purchases 175 Short-Term Transactions 177 Long-Term Transactions 179 Interest/Dividends Received during 2012/Brokerage Account Data 2012 180 Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2012 182 Weekly Indicator Data 2012 184 Monthly Indicator Data 2012 185 Portfolio at End of 2012 186 If You Don't Profit from Your Investment Mistakes, Someone Else Will; Performance Record of Recommendations 187 Individual Retirement Account (IRA): Most Awesome Mass Investment Incentive Ever Devised 188 Top 300 Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) 190 Option Trading Codes 191 G. M. Loeb's "Battle Plan" for Investment Survival 192 G. M. Loeb's Investment Survival Checklist

About the Author

Jeffrey A. Hirsch (South Nyack, NY) is president of Hirsch Organization and has worked with Yale Hirsch for over 15 years. In 2001 he took over as president and editor. He appears frequently on CNBC, Fox Biz, Yahoo! Tech Ticker, and Bloomberg to talk about market cycles and seasonal trends. He also edits the monthly Almanac Investor eNewsletter, a digital subscription-based toolkit for active traders and investors. The Hirsch Organization (South Nyack, NY) was founded by Yale Hirsch (Nyack, NY) who first published The Stock Trader's Almanac , which provides historical information to investors, in 1967.