Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Jeff Hirsch (@AlmanacTrader). The chart shows how the S&P 500 has historically performed in Midterm Election Years. The S&P 500 is currently down more than 12% YTD, marking one of the worst starts to a year. The bad news for the bulls is that seasonality usually peaks right […]
Chart of the Day – Thursday, December 30th, 2021
Today’s Chart of the Day was shared in a note by Jeff Hirsch (@AlmanacTrader). The table shows the performance of the four major indices on the last trading day of the year over the past two decades. Jeff points out that the last trading day of the year (tomorrow) has historically been the worst-performing day within the […]
Chart of the Day – Wednesday, November 24th, 2021
Today’s Chart of the Day was shared by Jeff Hirsch (@AlmanacTrader). The S&P 500 is up about 25% so far this year. The table looks at all the prior instances over the past 70 years where the S&P 500 was up 10% or more heading into Thanksgiving. A few key takeaways; December has been positive 76% […]
Chart of the Day – Thursday, October 28th, 2021
Today’s Chart of the Day was shared in a note by Jeff Hirsch (@AlmanacTrader). Jeff points out that the last 4 trading days in October and the first 3 trading days in November have a pretty bullish track record. He calls this the Halloween Trade. As you can see, the S&P 500 has only been lower 4 times in the past […]
Chart of the Day – Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
Today’s Chart of the Day was shared in a note by Jeff Hirsch (@AlmanacTrader). It’s a seasonality chart of the Small-Cap Russell 2000 vs. the Large-Cap Russell 1000 (based on data from 1979-2021). When the line is rising, it means Small-Caps are outperforming Large-Caps and vice versa. Jeff points out that Small-Caps have historically outperformed from […]