Jeffrey A. Hirsch - Stock Trader's Almanac 2022

1 COVER

2 TITLE PAGE

3 COPYRIGHT

4 INTRODUCTION TO THE FIFTY-FIFTH EDITION 2022 OUTLOOK

5 2022 STRATEGY CALENDAR JANUARY ALMANAC FEBRUARY ALMANAC MARCH ALMANAC APRIL ALMANAC MAY ALMANAC JUNE ALMANAC JULY ALMANAC AUGUST ALMANAC SEPTEMBER ALMANAC OCTOBER ALMANAC NOVEMBER ALMANAC DECEMBER ALMANAC

6 DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS AND DATABANK DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS MARKET PROBABILITY CALENDAR 2022 RECENT DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS MARKET PROBABILITY CALENDAR 2022 S&P 500 MARKET PROBABILITY CALENDAR 2022 RECENT S&P 500 MARKET PROBABILITY CALENDAR 2022 NASDAQ COMPOSITE MARKET PROBABILITY CALENDAR 2022 RECENT NASDAQ COMPOSITE MARKET PROBABILITY CALENDAR 2022 RUSSELL 1000 INDEX MARKET PROBABILITY CALENDAR 2022 RUSSELL 2000 INDEX MARKET PROBABILITY CALENDAR 2022 DECENNIAL CYCLE: A MARKET PHENOMENON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION/STOCK MARKET CYCLE: THE 188-YEAR SAGA CONTINUES DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS BULL AND BEAR MARKETS SINCE 1900 STANDARD & POOR’S 500 BULL AND BEAR MARKETS SINCE 1929 NASDAQ COMPOSITE SINCE 1971 A TYPICAL DAY IN THE MARKET THROUGH THE WEEK ON A HALF-HOURLY BASIS TUESDAY 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 INFLOWS INTO NASDAQ STOCKS NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY: YEAR’S BEST THREE-MONTH SPAN NOVEMBER THROUGH JUNE: NASDAQ’S EIGHT-MONTH RUN DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS ANNUAL HIGHS, LOWS & CLOSES SINCE 1901 S&P 500 ANNUAL HIGHS, LOWS & CLOSES SINCE 1930 NASDAQ ANNUAL HIGHS, LOWS & CLOSES SINCE 1971 RUSSELL 1000 ANNUAL HIGHS, LOWS & CLOSES SINCE 1979 RUSSELL 2000 ANNUAL HIGHS, LOWS & CLOSES SINCE 1979 10 BEST DAYS BY PERCENT AND POINT 10 WORST DAYS BY PERCENT AND POINT 10 BEST WEEKS BY PERCENT AND POINT 10 WORST WEEKS BY PERCENT AND POINT 10 BEST MONTHS BY PERCENT AND POINT 10 WORST MONTHS BY PERCENT AND POINT 10 BEST QUARTERS BY PERCENT AND POINT 10 WORST QUARTERS BY PERCENT AND POINT 10 BEST YEARS BY PERCENT AND POINT 10 WORST YEARS BY PERCENT AND POINT

7 STRATEGY PLANNING AND RECORD SECTION PORTFOLIO AT START OF 2022 ADDITIONAL PURCHASES ADDITIONAL PURCHASES SHORT-TERM TRANSACTIONS LONG-TERM TRANSACTIONS INTEREST/DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DURING 2022 BROKERAGE ACCOUNT DATA 2022 WEEKLY PORTFOLIO PRICE RECORD 2022 (FIRST HALF) WEEKLY PORTFOLIO PRICE RECORD 2022 (SECOND HALF) WEEKLY INDICATOR DATA 2022 (FIRST HALF) WEEKLY INDICATOR DATA 2022 (SECOND HALF) MONTHLY INDICATOR DATA 2022 PORTFOLIO AT END OF 2022 IF YOU DON’T PROFIT FROM YOUR INVESTMENT MISTAKES, SOMEONE ELSE WILL PERFORMANCE RECORD OF RECOMMENDATIONS INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT (IRA): MOST AWESOME MASS INVESTMENT INCENTIVE EVER DEVISED G. M. LOEB’S “BATTLE PLAN” FOR INVESTMENT SURVIVAL G. M. LOEB’S INVESTMENT SURVIVAL CHECKLIST

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3 Title Page

4 Copyright

5 Introduction to the Fifty-Fifth Edition

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