Election year effects will stave off recession until 2025

<p>Jeffrey Hirsch, editor of the <a href= "https://stocktradersalmanac.com">Stock Trader's Almanac</a>, says that the stock market is right on track with expected calendar effects, which he sees as continuing through a Santa Claus rally and a positive January Barometer -- which portends a good year ahead for 2024. Further, citing the history of election-year market patterns, Hirsch says he expects the market to stay strong during 2024, holding off a recession and a bear market until 2025. That would be in keeping with classic election-cycle patterns. Also on the show, Tom Lydon, vice chairman at <a href= "https://vettafi.com">VettaFi</a>, looks toward international small caps -- an area that has recovered to where the trend is turning positive -- for his ETF of the Week, and Adam Rozencwajg of <a href="https://gorozen.com">Goehring and Rozencwajg</a> talks natural resources and commodities investing in an extended Big Interview.</p>