Ranking expectations
The stock market exhibits undeniable aspects of randomness. If trading is like a toss of the coin, let's find a 'special' coin...
24 Jan
The stock market exhibits undeniable aspects of randomness. If trading is like a toss of the coin, let's find a 'special' coin...
17 Jan
Quantitative analysis helps us better understand Stock Trends indicators. Ultimately, that data analysis must confront evidence of randomness in the market. How can we harness randomness?...
05 Sep
The Stock Trends inference model uses end-of-period returns, but there are other intra-period returns that should be recognized. This editorial looks at the variability of returns.
19 Aug
Investors who want to apply a quantitative approach to their trading can learn more about the Stock Trends statistical inference model.
06 Aug
A principal direction ahead for Stock Trends - quantitative analysis of the Stock Trends Reports - starts to take shape. Statistical analysis unlocks the value of the Stock Trends indicator combinations.
09 Mar
If an investor wants to replicate a published trading system, each trade should be entered tactically. Stock Trends portfolios can be emulated on a post-trigger basis, but results will depend on how the trades are executed.
26 Feb
Quantitative trading demands an understanding of the characteristics of a dataset. Evaluating descriptive statistics of category groups is an important first step in helping us assign possible correlation of the Stock Trends indicators to future price performance.
17 Feb
Every stock picking service should provide a detailed analysis of their results. Here's a statistical description of the results of Stock Trends Picks of the Week since the beginning of 2012.
15 Jan
If a stock was in a Bearish (
) trend last autumn, there's a good chance it did much better in the past three months. Here's a look at the statistical performance of one sample taken then.
14 Dec
Everyone seems to love Apple. But maybe not so much now. It's stock is now a Bearish Crossover (
). Investors should be aware what this "Death Cross" implies for future downside risk.
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As 2025 comes to a close, investors naturally ask whether the strongest trends visible at year-end represent durable opportunity—or merely seasonal noise. The Stock Trends framework addresses this question not by forecasting headlines, but by examining how trend structure, momentum and participation, and ST-IM forward opportunity align across different classes of capital. This year-end outlook integrates three complementary lenses that Stock Trends users can carry directly into Q1 2026: Large-cap institutional momentum — where capital can deploy at scale Top Trending momentum leadership — where price discovery is happening fastest Stock Trends Inference Model (ST-IM) — where forward return expectations and risk dispersion suggest true alpha opportunity
The final trading week of the year is often dismissed as inconsequential. Liquidity thins, participation narrows, and many investors assume that meaningful signals will wait until January. Yet history shows that year-end positioning—especially in hard assets—often reveals more about institutional conviction than about seasonal noise. The Stock Trends framework does not speculate on holiday effects. It classifies what is happening beneath the surface. As holiday trading unfolds, the precious metals complex offers a clear case study in why disciplined trend analysis matters most when markets appear quiet. Earlier this month, we examined silver’s resurgence and the discipline required to participate without emotion. Today’s update allows us to ask a more important question: Has silver leadership expanded into a broader precious-metals regime, or is this still a narrow trade vulnerable to reversal?
In markets where headline indexes appear steady but leadership narrows beneath the surface, the Stock Trends framework tends to guide investors toward a specific class of opportunity: durable trends supported by durable business structure. This week’s universe reinforces that late-cycle character—Bullish classifications remain dominant overall, yet momentum leadership is increasingly selective. It is in this environment that a largely ignored cohort deserves fresh attention: hospital consumables. These are the unglamorous, repeat-use products embedded deep within clinical workflows—dialysis supplies, catheters, blood collection systems, sterilization kits, and procedure disposables. They rarely make headlines, but they often exhibit the same technical signature Stock Trends users learn to respect: persistent trend behavior with corrections that are more often time-based than destructive.
For Consumer Discretionary companies, the six weeks surrounding Black Friday and year-end are not just a retail storyline—they are a real-time referendum on consumer confidence, pricing power, and risk appetite. To test what this period actually means for investors, we analyzed the Stock Trends Consumer Discretionary universe across every year in the dataset, using a consistent six-week window (from the third week of November to the final trading week of December, based on weekly Friday closes). The objective was simple: does the Stock Trends framework—trend classifications, RSI relative strength, and volume tags—extract a repeatable signal from the holiday season? The answer is nuanced, but actionable. $19.95/Month
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