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 […]
Chart of the Day – Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
September has historically been the weakest month of the year for the equity market. Over the past 20 years, the S&P 500 Index has lost 0.8%, on average with 11 of the past 20 periods showing gains. https://t.co/Lt4AtKJ5m2 $STUDY $SPX $SPY $ES_F pic.twitter.com/MptilHwdyT — Equity Clock (@EquityClock) September 1, 2020 Today’s Chart of the Day […]
Chart of the Day – Tuesday, June 30th, 2020
Today’s Chart of the Day was shared in a note by seasonality expert, Jeff Hirsch (@AlmanacTrader). Jeff points out that the first trading day in July has been quite bullish for the major indices over the past 21-years. The S&P 500 has closed higher 85.7% of the time, for a median gain of 0.54%. Jeff adds, “No other day […]