TigerSoft News Service 11/11/2011
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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)
Tiger Software
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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.