About Us
This site is dedicated to arming traders and investors with accurate information and historical data – thus empowering them to make more profitable trades and investments! You will find a host of indispensable tools and offerings on this site, including the online research tool, investor alerts, and in-depth market research.
About the Editors
JEFFREY A. HIRSCH is editor-in-chief of the Stock Trader's Almanac and Almanac Investor newsletter. He started with the Hirsch Organization in 1990 as a market analyst and historian under the mentorship of his father Yale Hirsch. He regularly appears on major news networks such as CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg. As well as writing numerous financial columns and is widely quoted in all of the major newspapers and financial publications.
STA History
Jeffrey Hirsch learned about the stock markets from his father, Yale Hirsch, the founder of the Stock Trader’s Almanac. Drawing on years of market study, Yale created the unique Stock Trader’s Almanac, in 1966. It was first published in 1967. This book allowed Mr. Hirsch to distill his lifelong interest in stock market history, cycles and patterns into a practical working tool for the average investor. It was the first compilation of the market’s seasonal trends and tendencies combined with a calendar and laid out for use by non-institutional investors. It also brought to the general public many “statistically predictable” market phenomena that have since become well known, such as the impact of the four-year Presidential Election Cycle, plus discoveries such as the “January Barometer” and the “Santa Claus Rally.”
By organizing a wealth of usable information on a calendar basis, the Stock Trader’s Almanac became an immediate success. Since then Mr. Hirsch has found that some days of the week (and some months of the year) are better for stocks than others. And, remarkably, that the stock market tends to make almost all its gains during just six particular months of the year. Yale calls his discovery the “Best Six Months” strategy. The rest of the time (most years) traders would be better off putting their money in T-bills and going fishing.
Today's expanded 192-page Stock Trader’s Almanac follows the original pattern but contains the results of 40 more years of market research. It continues to serve as the ultimate desktop market data bank, showing the market’s likely direction every hour, day, week and month based on historical precedent, allowing shrewd investors to maximize profit potential.
With the phenomenal rise and volatility of commodities since 2000, we saw the need to break out that segment of the market and provide readers with a historical view of the commodities market to help them better plan for the future. Readers will find that the Commodity Trader’s Almanac provides the same level of vital information and analysis on commodities as the classic Stock Trader’s Almanac does for stocks, alerting them to little-known market patterns and tendencies that help them forecast trends with accuracy and confidence.
In the future, we hope to provide historical market data for all markets worldwide. Since investment success is a never-ending challenge, we also publish a monthly newsletter to keep readers abreast of our current research and thinking on the market. The Almanac Investor newsletter is a 16-page monthly guide to market patterns, cycles, fundamental developments, strategies and stock selection, and updates and expands the strategies outlined in the Stock Trader’s Almanac.
About Wiley
WILEY is a global publisher of print and electronic products, specializing in both professional and consumer books and subscription services; and textbooks and other educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students as well as lifelong learners.
Wiley has operations in the United States, Europe (England, Germany and Russia), Canada, Asia, and Australia. The Company has U.S. publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in New Jersey, California, Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Wiley's worldwide headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, just across the river from Manhattan. To keep today’s traders and investors ahead of the curve of today’s volatile markets Wiley publishes a host of products written by the industry's top professionals and the most innovative thinkers. To learn more about the full breath of Wiley products, visit us at www.wiley.com.