Cycles and Pattern in the Markets

Cycles & Pattern in the Markets

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Cycles & Pattern in the Markets

There are many types of business cycles including those that impact the stock market.[1]

In his book The Next Great Bubble Boom, Guna, a Harvard graduate and Fortune 100 consultant, outlines several cycles that have specific relevance to the stock market.[2] Some of these cycles have been quantitatively examined for statistical significance.

The major cycles of the stock market include:

The four-year presidential cycle in theUS.
Annualseasonality, also known as Sell in May or the Halloween indicator[3] The “January effect“[4] The lunar cycle[5] The 17.6 Year Stock Market Cycle[6] Investment advisor Mark Hulbert has tracked the long-term performance of Norman Fosback’s a Seasonality Timing System that combines month-end and holiday-based buy/sell rules. According to Hulbert, this system has been able to outperform the market with significantly less risk.[7]

According to Stan Weinstein there are four stages in a major cycle of stocks, stock sectors or the stock market as a whole. These four stages are (1) consolidation or base building (2) upward advancement (3) culmination (4) decline.[8]

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