Consumer stocks delivering
The U.S. employment numbers are far from uplifting - but U.S. consumer stocks are! They are among the market leaders and continue to reflect positively on the economy.
29 Apr
The U.S. employment numbers are far from uplifting - but U.S. consumer stocks are! They are among the market leaders and continue to reflect positively on the economy.
23 Apr
The bullish trend foundation of North American equities should help deliver positive returns through the rest of the year. There are pockets of sector weakness, but strength in some important areas. The Bull/Bear Ratio helps guide us...
15 Apr
Apple's stock retreated today. It's Relative Strength indicator told us to be ready.
24 Mar
The Bullish Crossover (
) indicator provides evidence of positive expectations as a trade entry signal. This article has a look at some of the statistical returns generated after a Bullish Crossover.
10 Mar
New visitors to this website should learn how to navigate to the various trend reports available. Stock Trends is designed to help busy investors who want a clearer picture of North American equity prices and an easy way to monitor significant changes in trading volume of individual listed issues...
18 Feb
The Stock Trends NYSE Bull/Bear Ratio has turned bullish. Growing investor confidence is apt to push U.S. equities even higher in 2012.
16 Feb
Shares of Apple Inc. continue to defy gravity. Although most shareholders remain convinced that the company will continue to deliver higher valuations, some might be wondering if the stock's price momentum is due to dwindle. Judging by past periods of market out-performance nervous Nellies should not be worried yet.
29 Jan
Most of the buyout stocks that make it into Stock Trends portfolios are dead money - trades destined to go nowhere and a drag on long-term portfolio performance. But sometimes a buyout stock delivers.
22 Jan
Expectations of market volatility have dropped. The Volatility Index is Stock Trends Bearish; the S&P 500 index is about to turn Stock Trends Bullish. Is this a good time to be in equities?
19 Jan
A trend-following trading system can be both simple and profitable. The Dow Jones Industrials Bullish Crossover Portfolio is just one example of how long-term investors can use the Stock Trends indicators.
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Halfway through Q1 2026, the question is no longer theoretical: Did the year-end institutional momentum and ST-IM Alpha themes actually guide investors effectively? With the updated February 13, 2026 Stock Trends dataset now in hand, we can measure the outcome directly — not against headlines, but against trend structure, relative strength, and momentum persistence. The short answer: the framework largely held — but leadership rotated exactly where the model suggested it might.
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. $19.95/Month
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