Author: Stock Trader's Almanac
Stock Traders Almanac: February Outlook
February Outlook: Any Market Pause Likely Short-Lived 1/30/2020: Dow 28859.44 | S&P 3283.66 | NASDAQ 9298.93 | Russell 2K 1648.22 | NYSE 13861.92 | Value Line Arith 6548.47 Fundamental: Mixed. […]
Copper’s seasonal rally underway
Copper has a tendency to make a major seasonal bottom in November/December and then a tendency to post major seasonal peaks in April or May. This pattern could be due […]
Awaiting Mid-Month Market Rally Resumption & Santa
According to CMEGroup’s FedWatch Tool, there is currently a 97.8% chance the Fed will take no action on interest rates during its last meeting of 2019 and the decade. We […]
Small-caps poised for a mid-December surge
Small-cap stocks tend to outperform big caps in January. This is frequently referred to as the “January Effect,” the tendency is clearly revealed by the graph above. Daily data since […]
Make plans for Wall Street’s only “Free Lunch”
Investors tend to get rid of their losers near year-end for tax purposes, often hammering these stocks down to bargain levels. Over the years the Stock Trader’s Almanac has shown that NYSE […]
Could Impeachment Be Good for Investors?
Impeaching a President with the possibility of removal from office is by no means great for the country. However, it may not be so horrible for the stock market or […]
December Jobs Day: Russell 2000 Average Gain 0.66%
Tomorrow morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation report for November. Depending upon your preferred source, the consensus estimate is for a gain of approximately 178,000 […]
Odds Still Favor A Gain for Rest of December Despite Rough Start
Just when it was beginning to look like trade was heading in a positive direction, the wind changed direction again. Yesterday it was steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil and […]
Odds Still Favor A Gain for Rest of December Despite Rough Start
Just when it was beginning to look like trade was heading in a positive direction, the wind changed direction again. Yesterday it was steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil and […]
Typical December Trading: Modest Strength Early, Choppy Middle and Solid Gains Late
Historically, the first trading day of December, today, has a slightly bearish bias with S&P 500 advancing 34 times over the last 69 years (since 1950) with an average loss […]
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