Synopses & Reviews

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In many aspects of life, things occur in a repetitive pattern. And while things do in fact change over time, the basic underlying idea of seasons and seasonality is that even though things do change, they often return to a particular state over and over againoften in a very predictable way.

Over the course of the past twenty-five years, author Jay Kaeppelone of the most experienced profes-sionals in the areas of seasonality and stock, options, and futures tradinghas examined a wide range of seasonal and cyclical trends as they relate to the stock market over the past century. Now, with Seasonal Stock Market Trends, he shares his extensive insights with you.

Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this book will show you how following the calendarand taking advantage of consistently strong seasonal trendscan help you to achieve long-term stock market success. Kaeppel introduces you to a wide array of seasonal stock market trendsmost based on 70 to 100 plus years of actual market dataand identifies objective rules for utilizing each one. Along the way, he also presents a process that allows you to track the performance of a given strategy, so that you can gauge its overall effectiveness.

Just a few of the trends touched upon include:

Holiday Seasonal Trends, which looks at the trading days surrounding market holidays to reveal some surprising results

Rounding out this detailed discussion is a chapter devoted to using a variety of seasonal trends to build three separate investment modelsthe Long-Only Method, the Long-Only Plus Leverage (LOPL) Method; and Jay’s Ultimate Seasonal Barometer (or JUSB). These detailed models are designed to generate specific buy and sell signals, and require no interpretation on your part.

Seasonal Stock Market Trends will help you incorporate seasonal trends into your current investment or trading endeavors and put you in a far better position to generate consistent profits over time. Free of complicated trading systems and so-called surefire secrets, this book will set you on a solid path to finding opportunities in the markets based on recurring seasonal patterns.

Praise for SEASONAL STOCK MARKET TRENDS

Seasonal Stock Market Trends is by far the most comprehensive analysis of seasonality since we created the Stock Trader’s Almanac forty-two years ago. We even learned a few new things.

Jeffrey and Yale Hirsch, Creators and Editors at Large, Stock Trader’s Almanac and www.stocktradersalmanac.com

Jay Kaeppel’s book, Seasonal Stock Market Trends, sets a new standard in seasonality research. There is no guessing here; all of his work is well researched and thoroughly tested.

David Vomund, President, Vomund Investment Management

Jay Kaeppel is a highly regarded market analyst who brings his discerning perspective to the study of seasonal patterns in the stock market. In this comprehensive text, Kaeppel builds on the vast literature of calendar price tendencies and goes on to develop a wealth of powerful new seasonal investment strategies.

Nelson Freeburg, Editor, Formula Research

There is a seasonal bias to the stock market, and by paying attention to the seasonal market tendencies you can gain an edge in the stock market over the long haul. Seasonality offers a practical approach to investing and trading. What better way to learn how to employ seasonal systems than learning from Jay Kaeppel, a master in the analysis of seasonal trends? Kaeppel walks you through this phenomenon that continues to work consistently, providing you with his ultimate seasonal index to make the calendar work for you. Stock Market Seasonals provides a never-before-seen definitive guide that illustrates how to utilize a combination of four basic seasonal tendencies in order to maximize returns.