Full Signal Wall Street Veteran: History's BUY SIGNAL is flashing for stocks now!
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Oct 1, 2026 
Jeff Hirsch, editor of the Stock Trader’s Almanac and a longtime market historian, explores whether stocks are entering a historic bull-cycle sweet spot. He discusses AI’s super boom, midterm-year seasonality, 5% bond yields, tech concentration, small caps, biotech and Bitcoin. Hirsch also outlines the shocks that could turn him bearish and the signals guiding his market rotation.
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AI Combines With A Powerful Market Cycle
- Jeff Hirsch sees today as both a midterm-year seasonal upswing and an AI-driven super boom.
- He compares AI’s potential impact with electricity, indoor plumbing, the combustion engine, and the Internet.
Use The Midterm Year Sweet Spot
- Treat the fourth quarter of a midterm year through the second quarter of the following year as a historically strong holding window.
- Hirsch cites average gains of roughly 19% for the Dow, 20% for the S&P, and 29.4% for Nasdaq.
Inflation Matters More Than A Yield Threshold
- Bond yields above 5% matter less as a threshold than through their trend and inflationary drivers.
- Growth supports higher yields, but wars and energy prices create the dangerous inflation component.
