Stock Trader's Almanac 2006 by Hirsch Organization,; Hirsch, Yale; Hirsch, Jeffrey A.;

Short description:

This time-tested guide to stock trading, published every year since, 1968, is a practical investment tool with a wealth of information organized in a calendar format. You'll learn about little-known market patterns and tendencies that will help you forecast market trends with accuracy and confidence.

Long description:

This time-tested guide to stock trading, published every year since, 1968, is a practical investment tool with a wealth of information organized in a calendar format. You'll learn about little-known market patterns and tendencies that will help you forecast market trends with accuracy and confidence. The data in the
Almanac is some of the cleanest in the business, and its analyses are relied upon by savvy professionals, from well-know money managers to journalists. As always, the
Almanac encapsulates all the historical price information on the stock market, provides monthly and daily reminders, and alerts users to seasonal opportunities and dangers. In addition, this mid-term election edition focuses heavily on the presidential election cycle and tendencies often resulting in major market moves.

"Information is key to successful investing and investors will find the Almanac a chock-a-block source of need-to-know stuff." -- Steve Forbes, CEO and Editor in Chief, Forbes

"Jeff Hirsch is following in the great tradition of his father, Yale Hirsch, with this nonpareil almanac of Wall Street data. It's a treasure for investors who want to remember the past as they plan for the future."
LOUIS RUKEYSER, host and commentator of the world's favorite money program, Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street and Editor in Chief of the monthly Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street and Louis Rukeyser's Mutual Funds newsletters

"Information is key to successful investing and investors will find the Almanac a chock-a-block source of need-to-know stuff."
STEVE FORBES, President, CEO, and Editor in Chief, Forbes

"I have every issue since 1976 in my bookcase. The Stock Trader's Almanac is an invaluable resource."
MARTY ZWEIG, author, Martin Zweig's Winning on Wall Street

"The Stock Trader's Almanac should be on every investor's desk. It's an invaluable source of investment advice, trading patterns, and Wall Street lore. It's also fun to read. I refer to it frequently throughout the year."
MYRON KANDEL, CNN Financial Editor

Table of Contents:

2006 Strategy Calendar.
Prognosticating Tools and Patterns for 2006.
January Almanac.
January s First Five Days An Early Warning System.
The Incredible January Barometer (Devised 1972) Only Five Significant Errors In 55 Years.
January Barometer In Graphic Form Since 1950.
Hot January Industries Beat S&P 500 Next 11 Months.
February Almanac.
1933 Lame Duck Amendment Reason January Barometer Works.
The Sixth Year of Decades.
Market Charts of Midterm Presidential Election Years.
March Almanac.
Profit On Day Before St. Patrick s Day.
Midterm Election Years: Where Bottom Pickers Find Paradise.
Prosperity More Than Peace Determines Outcome Of Midterm Congressional Races.
April Almanac.
The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool.
500+% Moves Follow Wartime Inflation And 3 Peaks & Domed House 2 Amazing Patterns.
Down January: A Remarkable Record.
Top Performing Months Past 55½ Years Standard & Poor s 500 & Dow Jones Industrials.
May Almanac.
Best Six Months Still An Eye-Popping Strategy.
MACD-Timing Triples Best Six Months Results.
Top Performing NASDAQ Months Past 34½ Years.
June Almanac.
Get More Out of NASDAQ s Best Eight Months With MACD-Timing.
Dow Gains Most First Two Days Of Week.
First-Trading-Day-Of-The-Month Phenomenon Dow Gains More One Day Than All Other Days.
July Almanac.
2004 Daily Dow Point Changes.
Mid-Year Rally: Christmas In July.
A Rally for All Seasons.
First Month Of Quarters IS The Most Bullish.
August Almanac.
Aura Of The Triple Witch 4th Quarter Most Bullish Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After.
Why a 50% Gain In The Dow Is Possible From Its 2006 Low To Its 2007 High.
Almanac Investor ETF Strategy.
September Almanac.
A Correction For All Seasons.
Market Behavior Three Days Before And Three Days After Holidays.
Market Gains More eight Days A Month Than On All 13 Remaining Days Combined.
October Almanac.

Technical Analysis Power Tools for Active Investors : The Best Investment Book Of The Year.
Year s Top Investment Books.
November Almanac.
Midterm Election Time Unusually Bullish.
Most Of The So-Called January Effect Takes Place In The Last Half Of December.
Trading The Thanksgiving Market.
December Almanac.
January Effect Now Starts In Mid-December.
Wall Street s Only Free Lunch Served At Year-End.
If Santa Claus Should Fail To Call, Bears May Come To Board & Wall.
Sector Seasonality: Selected Percentage Plays.
2007 Strategy Calendar.
S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2006.

Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2006.
Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2006.

Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2006.
NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2006.

Recent NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2006.
Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon.
Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle The 172 Year Saga Continues.
Bull And Bear Markets Since 1900.

DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS & DATABANK.
A Typical Day In The Market.
Through The Week On A Half-Hourly Basis.
Monday Now Most Profitable Day Of Week.
NASDAQ Strongest Last 3 Days Of Week.
S&P Daily Performance Each Year Since 1952.
NASDAQ Daily Performance Each Year Since 1971.
Monthly Cash Inflows Into S&P Stocks.
Monthly Cash Inflow Into NASDAQ Stocks.
November, December, And January Year s Best Three-Month Span.
November Through June NASDAQ s Eight-Month Run.
Standard & Poor s 500 Monthly Percent Changes.
Standard & Poor s 500 Monthly Closing Prices.
Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Percent Changes.
Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Point Changes.
Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Closing Prices.
NASDAQ Composite Monthly Percent Changes.
NASDAQ Composite Monthly Closing Prices.
Best & Worst
Dow Days.
Best & Worst
NASDAQ Days.
Best & Worst
Dow Weeks.
Best & Worst
NASDAQ Weeks.
Best & Worst
Dow Months.
Best & Worst
NASDAQ Months.
Best & Worst
Dow &
NASDAQ Years.

STRATEGY PLANNING AND RECORD SECTION.
Portfolio At Start Of 2006.
Additional Purchases.
Short-Term Transactions.
Long-Term Transactions.
Interest/Dividends Received During 2006/Brokerage Account Data 2006.
Portfolio At End Of 2006.
Portfolio Price Record 2006 (First Half).
Portfolio Price Record 2006 (Second Half).
Weekly Indicator Data 2006.
Monthly Indicator Data 2006.
If You Don t Profit From Your Investment Mistakes, Someone Else Will/Performance Record Of Recommendation.
IRA: Most Awesome Investment Incentive Ever Devised.
Top 140 Exchange Traded Funds By Market Value.
G.M. Loeb s Battle Plan For Investment Value.
G.M. Loeb s Investment Survival Checklist.
Important Contacts.