7 Introduction to the Fifty-Ninth Edition 10 2026 Outlook 12 2026 Strategy Calendar 14 January Almanac 16 January''s First Five Days: An Early Warning System 18 The Incredible January Barometer (Devised 1972): Only 12 Significant Errors in 75 Years 20 Bulls Win When Market Hits the January Trifecta 22 February Almanac 24 Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record 26 Market Charts of Midterm Election Years 28 Midterm Election Years: Where Bottom Picker''s Find Paradise 30 March Almanac 32 Prosperity More Than Peace Determines the Outcome of Midterm Congressional Races 34 Why a 50% Gain in the Dow is Possible from Its 2026 Low to Its 2027 High 36 The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool 38 How to Trade Best Months Switching Strategies 40 April Almanac 42 Dow Jones Industrials & S&P 500 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1901 & 1950 44 NASDAQ, Russell 1000 & 2000 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1971 & 1979 46 Welcome to the Sweet Spot of the 4-Year Cycle: Q4 Midterm Year to Q2 Pre-Election Year 48 May Almanac 50 Summer Market Volume Doldrums Drive Worst Six Months 52 Top-Performing Months: Standard & Poor''s 500 and Dow Jones Industrials 54 Best Six Months: Still an Eye-Popping Strategy 56 MACD-Timing Triples Best-Six-Months Results 58 June Almanac 60 Top-Performing NASDAQ Months 62 Get More out of NASDAQ''s Best Eight Months with MACD Timing 64 Triple Returns, Fewer Trades: Best 6 + 4-Year Cycle 66 July Almanac 68 First Month of Quarters Is the Most Bullish 70 2024 Daily Dow Point Changes (Dow Jones Industrial Average) 72 Market Gains More on Super-8 Days Each Month Than on All 13 Remaining Days Combined 74 August Almanac 76 A Rally for All Seasons 78 Take Advantage of Down Friday/Down Monday Warning 80 Market Behavior Three Days Before and Three Days After Holidays 82 Fourth-Quarter Market Magic 84 September Almanac 86 Best Investment Books of the Year 88 A Correction for All Seasons 90 First-Trading-Day-of-the-Month Phenomenon 92 October Almanac 94 Sector Seasonality: Selected Percentage Plays 96 Sector Index Seasonality Strategy Calendar 100 November Almanac 102 Midterm Election Time Unusually Bullish 104 Traders Feast on Small Stocks Thanksgiving Through Santa Claus Rally 106 Trading the Thanksgiving Market 108 Aura of the Triple Witch--4th Quarter Most Bullish: Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After 110 December Almanac 112 Most of the So-Called January Effect Takes Place in the Last Half of December 114 January Effect Now Starts in Mid-December 116 Wall Street''s Only "Free Lunch" Served Before Christmas 118 If Santa Claus Should Fail to Call, Bears May Come to Broad and Wall 120 2027 Strategy Calendar Directory of Trading Patterns and Databank 123 Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2026 124 Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2026 125 S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2026 126 Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2026 127 NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2026 128 Recent NASDAQ Composite Market Probability Calendar 2026 129 Russell 1000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2026 130 Russell 2000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2026 131 Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon 132 Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle: The 192-Year Saga Continues 133 Dow Jones Industrials Bull and Bear Markets Since 1900 134 Standard & Poor''s 500 Bull and Bear Markets Since 1929/ NASDAQ Composite Since 1971 135 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: January and February 136 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: March and April 137 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: May and June 138 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: July and August 139 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: September and October 140 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: November and December 141 A Typical Day in the Market 142 Through the Week on a Half-Hourly Basis 143 Tuesday & Wednesday, Best Days of Week 144 NASDAQ Strongest Last 3 Days of Week 145 S&P Daily Performance Each Year Since 1952 146 NASDAQ Daily Performance Each Year Since 1971 147 Monthly Cash Inflows into S&P Stocks 148 Monthly Cash Inflows into NASDAQ Stocks 149 November, December, and January: Year''s Best Three-Month Span 150 November through June: NASDAQ''s Eight-Month Run 151 Dow Jones Industrials Annual Highs, Lows, & Closes Since 1901 153 S&P 500 Annual Highs, Lows, & Closes Since 1930 154 NASDAQ Annual Highs, Lows, & Closes Since 1971 155 Russell 1000 and 2000 Annual Highs, Lows, & Closes Since 1979 156 Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Percent Changes Since 1950 158 Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Point Changes Since 1950 160 Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Closing Prices Since 1950 162 Standard & Poor''s 500 Monthly Percent Changes Since 1950 164 Standard & Poor''s 500 Monthly Closing Prices Since 1950 166 NASDAQ Composite Monthly Percent Changes Since 1971 168 NASDAQ Composite Monthly Closing Prices Since 1971 170 Russell 1000 Index Monthly Percent Changes Since 1979 171 Russell 1000 Index Monthly Closing Prices Since 1979 172 Russell 2000 Index Monthly Percent Changes Since 1979 173 Russell 2000 Index Monthly Closing Prices Since 1979 174 10 Best Days by Percent and Point 175 10 Worst Days by Percent and Point 176 10 Best Weeks by Percent and Point 177 10 Worst Weeks by Percent and Point 178 10 Best Months by Percent and Point 179 10 Worst Months by Percent and Point 180 10 Best Quarters by Percent and Point 181 10 Worst Quarters by Percent and Point 182 10 Best Years by Percent and Point 183 10 Worst Years by Percent and Point Strategy Planning and Record Section 185 Portfolio at Start of 2026 186 Additional Purchases 188 Short-Term Transactions 190 Long-Term Transactions 192 Interest/Dividends Received During 2026/Brokerage Account Data 2026 193 Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2026 195 Weekly Indicator Data 2026 197 Monthly Indicator Data 2026 198 Portfolio at End of 2026 199 If You Don''t Profit from Your Investment Mistakes, Someone Else Will/Performance Record of Recommendations 200 Individual Retirement Accounts: Most Awesome Investment Incentive Ever Devised 201 G.M. Loeb''s "Battle Plan" for Investment Survival 202 G.M. Loeb''s Investment Survival Checklist.