{"id":21590,"date":"2022-01-26T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/?p=21590"},"modified":"2022-01-27T13:52:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T13:52:25","slug":"the-sp500-and-the-january-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/the-sp500-and-the-january-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"The S&#038;P500 and the January effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21590\" class=\"elementor elementor-21590\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12a6d6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12a6d6c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47e036a\" data-id=\"47e036a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f444634 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f444634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Weekly Index Analysis<\/strong><\/p><p>According to the January barometer theory, the stock market performance in January (especially in the US indices) is a reliable indicator of market performance for the rest of the year. Therefore, if the stock market rises in January, it is likely to continue to rise by December. The January barometer was first used in 1972 by Yale Hirsch. According to Hirsch, the electoral cycle of the president may also be a key factor determining market performance. It was noted by the Wall Street historian that the worst stock performance occurs in the first two years of a presidential term. This could be a concern to us today since President Biden is in his second year of office.<\/p><p>Between 1950 and 1984, the probabilities were high of both positive and negative results as observed by the hypothesis &#8220;that if the S&amp;P falls in January, it will fall for the rest of the year&#8221;. There was in that 35-year period a 75% chance of that statement being true. But after 1985, the negative predictive power had been reduced to 50%, or in other words, no predictive power at all.<\/p><p>The data continuing from 1985 suggests that if there had been a correlation, it was now broken. In September of 2005, Michael J. Cooper, John J. McConnell, and Alexei V. Ovtchinnikov published a renewed study on this effect.<\/p><p>In their summary, they state \u201cAn argument can be made that January returns just happened to have been correlated with returns over the next 11 months of the year, over the 150-or-so year period preceding the first appearance of the Other January Effect in a published publicly-available document. By virtue of this happenstance, this spurious correlation became street lore.\u201d<\/p><p>Whether or not there is merit to the lore, we should see if we can build a case for being bullish or bearish on the future market trends in 2022. We\u2019re seeing the major indices crashing several percentage points on a daily basis, only to then see just as volatile moves in the opposite direction. The market structure to the upside remains intact and acts as resistance whereas more support levels are being removed more frequently. If this means there is a chance the rest of the year turns negative it would be great to have the probabilities on our side.<\/p><p>Using the Usa500 chart on ActivTrader from 2009 to the present day, we can try an add to the stat which said, of the 90 years of stock market history there was a 20% chance of the year ending positive after a negative January. Which I interpret to mean that there was an 80% chance it would be flat or down for the year. From my quick visual back test, over the course of the previous 12 years to date, the January barometer had very little predictive power.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a49bc9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a49bc9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f833f\" data-id=\"53f833f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d881f9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d881f9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3oUNeWo\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/USA500-1M.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21595\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77b92cf1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77b92cf1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-747eb7b2\" data-id=\"747eb7b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33e96fc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33e96fc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3oUNeWo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See real-time quotes<\/a> provided by our partner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0df0822 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0df0822\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e389b02\" data-id=\"e389b02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5771ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5771ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>A total of seven false positives and six true positives were seen over the 13 complete cycles of the January Barometer since January 2009, with two of those six coming in flat for the year.<\/p><p>A more rigorous back test was conducted by quantopia.com who found that a January Effect strategy which combines the equities index with a bond buying strategy had some merit. \u201cAccording to the paper, the best usage of this barometer is the combination of equity index and treasury bonds with a simple rule to buy index after a strong January or to buy bonds after weak January. The strategy mentioned above should outperform passive long-only strategy through the whole back testing period, the long\/short strategy according to Januarys, and the long leg only of the January barometer strategy.\u201d<\/p><p>With this in mind, we could look elsewhere for what could be affecting the US stock markets in particular.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d42b470 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d42b470\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6898ebd\" data-id=\"6898ebd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeeefc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aeeefc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Picture2-18.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21596\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b192f50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b192f50\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e61ac4c\" data-id=\"e61ac4c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20e3d2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20e3d2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Picture3-14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21597\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a860be6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a860be6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-780aaba\" data-id=\"780aaba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f32d6e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f32d6e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The yearly rate of change in the US CPI (inflation) data would appear to have a relationship with the S&amp;P500 index, as does the US GDP data. But neither is so highly correlated to have causality of index direction.<\/p><p><strong>What about the Presidential Election Cycle Theory vs. Historical Market Performance?<\/strong><\/p><p>Several factors can impact the stock market performance each year, some of which are unrelated to the president or Congress. From 2019 to 2020 we suffered from the unforeseen COVID-19 world lockdown, during a pandemic. In 2018 the Fed initiated a Taper Tantrum when it tried to reduce the QE purchases. Over the past several decades, however, there has been a general trend for share prices to rise as the US presidential election gets closer.<\/p><p>In 2016, Charles Schwab analysed market data dating back to 1950 and found that, in general, the third year of the presidency coincided with the strongest market gains. During the presidential cycle, the S&amp;P 500 produced the following average returns:<\/p><p>Year after the election: +6.5%<\/p><p>Second year: +7.0%<\/p><p>Third year: +16.4%<\/p><p>Fourth year: +6.6%<\/p><p>The only significant change within the 4-year cycle is within the 3rd year, the other 3 years are basically on par with average yearly returns. The stock market achieved gains in 73% of calendar years between 1950 and 2019. However, during the third year of the election cycle, the S&amp;P 500 scored an increase 88% of the time, demonstrating a decent consistency and possibly a good reason to wait a year and go long the S&amp;P500 next January. Especially if you could get around +16% on your capital.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-730f35f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"730f35f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a0a72e\" data-id=\"0a0a72e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18a794c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18a794c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Picture4-12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21598\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35f5900 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35f5900\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b703c3b\" data-id=\"b703c3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfb0cc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfb0cc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>I am following the spending habits of the US government and from the start of October 2016, the annual spending has been jumping at a considerable pace. We\u2019re in Q2 of fiscal year 21\/22 and the stock market is starting to fall. If the yearly rate of change in these flows is less than previous years, this could be the predictor for the coming 11 months.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a67ef44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a67ef44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9e0401\" data-id=\"e9e0401\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cda26c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2cda26c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3oUNeWo\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/USA500-1H.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21599\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b3a689e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b3a689e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40b9d27e\" data-id=\"40b9d27e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61877590 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61877590\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3oUNeWo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See real-time quotes\u00a0<\/a>provided by our partner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab09cca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab09cca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6d82f4\" data-id=\"c6d82f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7d72f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7d72f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3oUNeWo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S&amp;P500<\/a> on 26<sup>th<\/sup> January 2022, with only 3 trading days left in January has fallen from the years high down to 4220.00. With a couple of hours to go before the FOMC meeting concludes I have highlighted zones that I would like to see tested as the S&amp;P500 does its best to head back up to the opening price. If it fails to get through all of these zones, I\u2019ll look to see whether the bonds are in a good place to buy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly Index Analysis According to the January barometer theory, the stock market performance in January (especially in the US indices) is a reliable indicator of market performance for the rest of the year. Therefore, if the stock market rises in January, it is likely to continue to rise by December. 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