By Dan Weil On one hand, it’s not linked, but you can’t deny what has happened to the market in the past. Most experts agree that the stock market’s direction is determined by fundamentals. Strong earnings, usually accompanied by strong economic growth, translate into strong stock prices. But there are some market commentators who see everything from election results to the time of year as an indicator of where stock prices are headed. Some market mavens have even posited that the direction of stock prices is revealed by which conference’s team wins the Super Bowl. On Oct. 28, another major sp…