Riding the Waves of the Stock Market: Applications of Environmental Astronomical Cycles to Market Prediction and Portfolio Management

by Sergio E Serrano

Overview

LEARN TO PROFIT FROM THE NATURAL CYCLES OF THE STOCK MARKET.

■ A simple introduction to the connection between planetary orbits in the solar system and periodic cycles in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).

■ An illustrated account of the relation between the stock market and astronomical cycles.

■ Applications to portfolio rebalance and the timing of strategic buying/selling of assets for individual investors.

■ A new application of the science of astronomy – not astrology– to the analysis/forecasting of economic indices.

■ 48 graphics clearly show the relation between the DJIA and astronomical events.

■ 120 years of market data are investigated for correlation with periodic fluctuations in astronomical positions and other events in the solar system.

■ Simple introduction of the basics of investment, portfolio design, and management.

■ Includes a simple illustrated introduction to essential astronomy relevant to this study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780988865235
Publisher:	Hydroscience Inc.
Publication date:	12/17/2017
Pages:	118
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Dr. Sergio E. Serrano received his Ph.D. degree at the University of Waterloo (Canada). He is a full professor of engineering science and applied mathematics at a Research I university in the U. S. For the past thirty years, he has taught in several universities in the United States, Canada, Spain, China, and Colombia. He has over one hundred research publications in international science, engineering, and mathematics journals. He is also the author of nine books in environmental engineering, statistics, philosophy, and psychology. Dr. Serrano has been awarded four times with nationally-competitive research grants by the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. For more information about the author, see https://www.amazon.com/Sergio-E.-Serrano/e/B001JS9558

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. THE STOCK MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Astronomy and the Stock Market: Two Hobbies created a Book

Money, the Means to Accomplish Objectives

To Sell or not to Sell? That is the Question

Are there Periodic Cycles Governing the Market?

The Astronomical Environment and the Market

2. ELEMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASTRONOMY

Horizon Coordinates of a Planet

Equatorial Coordinates of a Planet

Ecliptic Coordinates of a Planet

Time Evolution of the Astronomical Position of a Planet

The Controllers: Angular Distance between Two Planets

The Disruptions: Planetary Equinoxes

Intervening Variables: Distance to the Sun or to the Earth

Summary of Methodology

3. THE JUPITER-SATURN CYCLE

The Effect of Planetary Cycles on the Market

The Great Bull Market 2010-2017

The Great Recession of 2007-2009

The Recession of 2000-2003

The Bear Market of 1990-1999

The Market Crash of 1987

The Variable Market of 1978-1981

The Stock Market 1970-1976

The Stock Market 1965-1970

The Bull Market of 1950-1962

The Market of 1943-1949

The Market of 1939-1942

The Bull Market of 1932-1938

The Great Depression of 1929-1932

The Market of 1925-1928

The Market of 1910-1924

The Market of 1900-1909

Conclusions of the Study

4. APPLICATIONS TO MARKET FORECASTING AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Model Verification versus Model Validation

What Assets to Buy: Portfolio Planning and Management 101

Step 1: State your Objectives

Step 2: Save for Investing

Step 3: Fund your Brokerage Account

Step 4: Decide on Asset Allocation

Table 4.1: A Portfolio Example Composed of ETFs

Step 5: Limit your Expenses and Tax Liability

Step 6: Manage your Portfolio

Rebalancing Under the Jupiter-Saturn Cycle

Maximizing Returns with the MGP

Step 1: Plan which Assets to Trade

Step 2: When the MGP Declines, Buy After the Market Drops

Step 3: Sell when the MGP is Rising and Near its Peak

Overcoming Psychological Barriers, the Biggest Obstacle to Successful Investing

Summary of the Effect of Environmental Astronomy on the Stock Market

Market Conditions in the Near Future, 2017-2022

APPENDIX A: THE MATHEMATICS OF ASTRONOMICAL POSITIONS

Calculating the Coordinates of a Planet

Table A.1: Elements of planetary orbits, Epoch January 0.0, 1990

Computational Procedure

Calculating Angular Distances and Linear Distances

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS