Keep pulling the thread on Jeffrey Hirsch.
During the "sweet spot" of the presidential cycle (Q4 midterm to Q2 pre-election), the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ have historically posted average gains of 19%, 20%, and 29.3% respectively.
The "Best Six Months" switching strategy was the only trading system out of over 6,200 tested by David Aronson that demonstrated statistically significant predictive power.
In 2011, Jeffrey Hirsch published a book titled "Super Boom" which predicted the Dow Jones Industrial Average would reach 38,820 by 2025.
Applying the "Super Boom" thesis to the October 2011 market low suggests a potential target of 62,430 for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Nearly 100% of all loan growth in the United States since the 2008 financial crisis has occurred in the private credit market.
Steve Eisman believes the United States is currently entering a credit cycle characterized by tightening lending standards, which will slow the economy.
Visa's payment network connects 200 million global merchants to billions of consumers.
Bitcoin's price movement acts as a leveraged bet on the NASDAQ, moving with a beta of 2x to 4x the index.
The utilities sector, represented by the XLU ETF, typically performs well as a defensive trade during the market's "worst six months" from March through October.
Energy stocks, represented by the XLE ETF, tend to follow a seasonal pattern of bottoming in December and peaking around April or May.
The period of small-cap outperformance now tends to occur in the last two weeks of December, with the Russell 2000 outperforming the Russell 1000, Dow, and S&P 500.
When the "January Indicator Trifecta" (a positive Santa Claus Rally, positive first five days of January, and a positive January Barometer) occurs, the S&P 500 has finished the year higher 90.6% of the time.