The January Barometer is among the panoply of superstitions surrounding stock market history made popular by the Stock Trader's Almanac founder, Yale Hirsch.

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According to data collected by Jeff Hirsch, editor of Stock Trader's Almanac Investor and son of founder Yale Hirsch, the third year of a president's term, going back to 1832 and President Andrew Jackson, has been far and away the most rewarding for stock investors.

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