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  How The Stock Market Does in  
    Novembers in The Year Before
A Presidential Election: 1931-2011

                        by William Schmidt, Ph.D.   (Columbia University)

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       Right not the DJI is 2.5% over the 21-day ma and shows
 very high readings from the key P-Indicator and Accumulation Index.
 There are no cases of declines in November going back to 1931 
 where such high internal strength readings existed in the middle 
 of November when the DJI was about 3.0% over the 21-dma.
                   Middle of November
               
                la/ma          Ann-ROC           P-I             P-ch             IP21          V-I              Opct          Result 
 Now  11/11/11  1.025  .680   453   135  .154   64   .31
                              ---         ----
  
              la/ma          Ann-ROC    P-I      P-ch              IP21               V-I         Opct          Result 
1931 11/11  1.057  .845  7  -19  .076   -26  .17   Peak 11/9 and down hard
                        ---       ----
              la/ma          Ann-ROC     P-I      P-ch              IP21               V-I         Opct          Result 
1935 11/13  1.028  .855  64  8    .081   57  .239  a little higher and then down to LB  
                         --       ----
1939 11/20 is peak at ma to LB
1943 Falling DJI and reversal upwards on 11/30
1947 11/20 is peak at ma to lb
1951  Falling DJI and reversal upwards on 11/30

              la/ma          Ann-ROC     P-I            P-ch              IP21          V-I          Opct          Result
1955  11/11 1.04  .805  +122  -16  .046  105  .269  moved 4% higher than sidewise.                         ---      ---- 
                         ---       ----
      11/16 1.05  1.064 +131  -10  .130  119  .466 went flat for 6 weeks.

              la/ma          Ann-ROC     P-I           P-ch             IP21          V-I           Opct          Result
1959  11/11  1.035 .462  13    1   .099  -178 .149  decline to ma
                         --        ----
1963  Falling DJI and reversal upwards on 11/22
1967  Falling DJI and reversal upwards on 11/14
1971  Falling DJI and reversal upwards on 11/24

              la/ma          Ann-ROC     P-I           P-ch             IP21          V-I           Opct          Result  
1975  11/17  1.017 .346  100  27    .075  0  .258   to LB in 3 wks.                        
1979  Falling DJI and reversal upwards on 11/7
1983  Falling DJI and reversal upwards on 11/7

               la/ma          Ann-ROC           P-I           P-ch             IP21          V-I           Opct          Result 
1987  11/16  1.015 -1.832  -128  85   -.06  -34  .138  decline to the lower band.                                   
1991  Falling DJI and reversal upwards on 12/10

             la/ma          Ann-ROC           P-I           P-ch             IP21          V-I           Opct          Result 
1995  11/15  1.025 .315   -79    6   .075  -31  .112 DJI rose a lot after this.
                        
             la/ma          Ann-ROC           P-I            P-ch             IP21          V-I             Opct          Result 
1999  11/15  1.022 .841    70    83   .002   34  .173 DJI moves up 8% in next 6 weeks
 
              la/ma          Ann-ROC           P-I             P-ch             IP21          V-I             Opct          Result 
2003  11/13  1.008 .043    230   56   .083  -50  -.02 2% decline and the strong rally.
                           ---       ----
2007  Falling DJI and reversal upwards on 11/26  

==========================================================================
                             Decembers
                Years Before A Presidential Election
                  17 rose  3 declined.
                  Major Sells in December (and then also in January)
                  led to big declines:
                   1947,1959,1983,2007  
                        
==========================================================================              
       End Nov     End Dec
1931   93.90       77.90   DJI was below 3.5% band until 3 days before end 
                           of year.             
1935   142.30      144.10  DJI fell to 138.90 (lower band) on 12/19 
                           and rallied. No signal at top on 11/20
             11/20/1935 Top  on 11/26 IP21 turned negative.
                             on 12/11 ANN-ROC turned negative
              la/ma          Ann-ROC           P-I             P-ch             IP21          V-I             Opct          Result 
             1.03  .973    80    -12   .06  97   .394  to LB

1939   144.70 (LB)     145.90 
1943   129.60 (LB)     136.20
1947   179.50          181.20 
1951   261.30          269.29
             
1955   483.30          488.40  Peaked on 11/16 and went sidewise
             
1959   659.10          679.30  went sidewise after S12 on 12/8
                              The decline had to wait until next year
                              and S15 on 1/5/1960 
  
1963   759.50          763.00
1967   875.81          905.11 
1971   831.34          890.20
               
1975   860.67          852.41 Despite December decline, 1976 rose steeply.                      
1979   822.35          838.74 
1983  1276.02         1258.64 Jan 6 Sell S12 and DJI fell below lower band. 
             
1987  1833.55         1938.83                               
1991  2894.69         3168.83             
1995  5074.49         5117.12
              
1999  10877.81       11497.12
  
2003   9782.46       10453.92
2007  13371.72       13264.82  Dec 6/7 S12/S9 called important top.