Product Description

The key to successful financial research is the ability to access and manipulate accurate data. This book, and its cutting edge, completely Internet-based trading system--that can organise and evaluate any market data, with all parameters set by the researcher--introduces a new way of doing just that. The Hirsch name is known for time tested and successful research and analysis, and The Almanac Investor will share valuable Hirsch theories and strategies with investors.

• Trusted advice and techniques that can improve any reader's overall trading efficiency.
• Contains data, indicators, and patterns needed to understand how and why the stock market fluctuates.
• A companion Web site will host a revolutionary Web-based system to evaluate and improve trading practices.
• Includes a step-by-step tutorial, which supplements every study in the book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #111960 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 525 pages

From the Inside Flap
Investment success is a never-ending challenge. And if you're unprepared, the cost of keeping up with today's markets—both in time and money—could be steep. Fortunately, there are tools and techniques that can help make your investment endeavors more profitable and less stressful than ever before.

The key to investment success is accurate financial research. Your ability to access and analyze data can make all the difference. Written by Jeffrey A. Hirsch and J. Taylor Brown, The Almanac Investor: Profit from Market History and Seasonal Trends and its unique online research platform, can help you do just this. Here you'll receive hands-on instruction for improving your investment decisions and performance.

The Hirsch name is known for time-tested research and analysis, and with The Almanac Investor as your guide, you'll become familiar with some of the most successful Stock Trader's Almanac theories and strategies. There is also a supplementary online research tool that will help you recognize market patterns as well as apply that knowledge to any investing technique.

The online research tool—an interactive database, which integrates data and studies assembled over the last thirty-nine years—is designed to be of value to both the experienced trader eager to do his or her own in-depth research as well as novice investors seeking to expand their skills. With this valuable resource, you'll learn how to perform essential historical research and update market indicators and strategies accordingly.

You'll also discover:

• How to benefit from predictable recurring market tendencies
• The historical significance and market impacts of major geopolitical events
• A simple calendar-based investment strategy—utilizing exchange-traded funds—that maximizes returns and minimizes risk
• The importance of accessing clean data with easy-to-use tools

Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, The Almanac Investor reveals valuable data and practical indicators needed to understand why the stock market fluctuates—and how you can profit from such information.

From the Back Cover
THE ALMANAC INVESTOR

The key to investment success is accurate financial research, which depends on your ability to quickly access and analyze data. The Almanac Investor: Profit from Market History and Seasonal Trends, and its unique online research platform—an interactive database which integrates data and studies assembled over the last thirty-nine years—can help you do just that. From the creators of the Stock Trader's Almanac, this compendium puts all the pertinent market tendencies, historical analyses, and data at your fingertips. Here, you'll find four decades worth of stock market research packed into one reference to use alone or in combination with the renowned Stock Trader's Almanac.

Written by Jeffrey A. Hirsch and J. Taylor Brown, The Almanac Investor reveals valuable data and practical indicators needed to understand why the stock market fluctuates so that you can profit by recognizing market patterns. The Hirsch name is known for time-tested research and analysis, and with The Almanac Investor as your guide, you'll become familiar with some of the most successful Stock Trader's Almanac theories and strategies. You'll also discover:

• How to benefit from predictable recurring market tendencies
• The historical significance and market impacts of major political events
• A simple calendar-based investment strategy with ETFs that maximizes returns and minimizes risk
• The importance of accessing clean data with easy-to-use tools

About the Author
JEFFREY A. HIRSCH is President of the Hirsch Organization. He's worked with founder Yale Hirsch for sixteen years, taking over as President and Editor in 2001. He appears frequently on CNBC, FOX News, and Bloomberg to discuss market cycles and seasonal trends, and edits the firm's monthly newsletter, also entitled Almanac Investor.

J. TAYLOR BROWN is Vice President of the Hirsch Organization.

Customer Reviews

Armor, shield, and sword for stock market battles
This book and the yearly Almanac by Hirsch Organization are the very basic staple weapons for Battle for ultimate victory in stock market. I simply would not engage in the market without them.

Contains tons of info and tons of theories
This is a great reference, where is contains a lot of compiled data of the years and tries to give some reasons for the tends presented. One main thing I took away from the book was that the market is really just a wild and crazy beast, but there might be some signs that can point to "warm fuzzies" for guidance in timing the market (sometimes).

Must have for an investment library
This book is a must have for its research in patterns. Weekly, daily, monthly, and presidential election patterns are all examined to show you the probabilities in trading in specifies time periods. From the data shown it is essential to stay in the market for November and December this is where 40% of the gains have come in the past 80 years. The stock market tends to decline on Thursday and Friday with traders getting out of their positions for a stress free weekend and then the market generally rises on Monday and Tuesday with the reentries. It is essential to fully invest in the stock market in the year before the presidential election, they have returned over 20% in the S&P over the past 4. Stay out of stocks in August and September, they are historically terrible months.

Also the chapter on the cyclical stocks shows you what sector to buy in what month and when to sell. For example :buy consumer stocks in May and sell in September. I can tell you from watching my company's stock over the past 4 years that this is true and one of the best ways to make money in the market. The graph with all industry sectors and showing the buy and sell months is worth the price of the book.

I have returned an average of 20% in my investments over the past 4 years and I can tell you if I would have had this book I could have increased my returns by at least 10%. I would have also decreased my losses during the bear market years by 10% by staying out of the markets in the worst 3 months.

Buy this book and read it to increase your probability of trading success dramatically. I promise you the book will pay for itself in one trade using its principles.