Evening Headlines

Bloomberg:                       U.K. Takes a Leap Into the Unknown as Split From EU Is Completed. China Caps Bank Loans to Real Estate...

Weekly Scoreboard*

Stocks Reversing Modestly Higher into Final Hour on Year-End Window Dressing, Stimulus Hopes, Technical Buying, Financial/Utility Sector Strength

Broad Equity Market Tone: Advance/Decline Line: Lower Sector Performance: Mixed Volume: Light Market Leading Stocks: Performing ...

Bear Radar

Style Underperformer: Small-Cap Growth -.6% Sector Underperformers: 1) Gold & Silver -2.2% 2) Homebuilding -1.6% 3) Biotech -1.3%...

Bull Radar

Style Outperformer: Small-Cap Value +.1% Sector Outperformers: 1) Disk Drives +2.7% 2) Computer Hardware +1.4% 3) Shipping +.7% St...

Morning Market Internals

  NYSE Composite Index: Volume Running -35.8% Below 100-Day Average  3 Sectors Rising, 8 Sectors Declining 50.0% of Issues Advancing,...

Lessons from World War II Statisticians: Survivorship Bias and Sequential Analysis

During World War II, a Statistical Research Group was formed to assist the war effort. W. Allen Wallis, who was Director of Research, tells...

Thursday Watch

Evening Headlines Bloomberg:       China Is Making It Harder to Solve the Mystery of How Covid Began. The U.K.’s Brexit Deal Clears ...

Stocks Slightly Higher into Final Hour on Year-End Window Dressing, Short-Covering, Oil Gain, Commodity/Retail Sector Strength

  Broad Equity Market Tone: Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher Sector Performance: Most Sectors Rising Volume: Below Averag...