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December 2020 Outlook: Yearend Rally Powers Ahead

Stocks have been on the rise since the late-October lows in prototypical market seasonality fashion, though NASDAQ has lagged a bit. Honestly, NASDAQ tech stocks deserve a break, they have carried the market for months now as they have driven and supported the stay-at-home economy. This rotation into the reopening-economy big cap stocks and the new highs in the Russell 2000 small caps, which are more domestic-based firms, is encouraging.

The Russell 2000 index of small cap stocks is on a ...

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DEC
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Best Months, COVID-19, DJIA, election, Election year seasonal pattern, incumbent, losses, MACD, NASDAQ, pandemic, S&P 500, Santa Claus Rally, Tactical Seasonal Switching, wins, Worst Months, year end

November 2020 Outlook: Best Months Begin With November

November has historically begun the Best Six Months for the Dow and S&P 500 and NASDAQ’s Best Eight Months. It has also marked the start of the year’s Best Three-Month Span November-January. Seasonal October volatility was exacerbated by Presidential election uncertainty and the rapid rise of covid-19 cases worldwide. But we believe this is setting up very well for our Seasonal MACD Buy Signal.

Seasonality’s Quarantine Is Over

October’s market weakness and volatility is actually an encouraging sign for us. While it ...

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NOV
2020

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Best Months, COVID-19, DJIA, election, Election year seasonal pattern, incumbent, losses, MACD, NASDAQ, pandemic, S&P 500, Tactical Seasonal Switching, wins, Worst Months, year end

October 2020 Outlook: Seasonals Are Back In Style Again

Stock market seasonality has clearly been turned on its head this year. S&P 500 was down -4.1% during the Best Six Months (November-April) from October 31, 2019 to April 30, 2020, while it has been up 14.5% so far during the Worst Six Months (May-October) from April 30, 2020 through the close on September 29, 2020. However, with S&P 500 down -4.7% for September to date it appears seasonals are back in style again.

The typical end-of-September weakness is priming a ...

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OCT
2020

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Best Months, COVID-19, DJIA, election, Election year seasonal pattern, incumbent, MACD, NASDAQ, pandemic, S&P 500, Tactical Seasonal Switching, Worst Months

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December 2020 Outlook: Yearend Rally Powers Ahead

November 2020 Outlook: Best Months Begin With November

October 2020 Outlook: Seasonals Are Back In Style Again