"Every year ending in 5 after a presidential election since 1925, the DJIA closed higher for the year. The market tended to bottom in March - April of the year. It didn't matter whether the office switched parties or remained unchanged. If the past repeats itself again, next year will be an up year."
It looks more like someone was looking for a pattern that fit. What's so significant about the 5 except that we have to wait 20 years for it to happen?
Years ending in 5 have been up years for the market. Without doing the research, I can’t remember when there was an exception to that. I know that 1975, 1985, and 1995 were all very good years. I remember those.
There has never been a time when a team came from being down 3 games to none to win a playoff. The Red Sox just broke that string. I think 2005 will break the stock market string of years ending in 5 being up.