Last Christmas, TrendLabs was still just a dream.
This Christmas, it’s being fulfilled.
Everybody’s Wrong was and will remain my first statement on the stock market under the TrendLabs banner.
It’s the flagship, you make it sail, and I’d like to personally thank you for joining us.
TrendLabs represents my life’s work.
It includes The Primary Trend, where we identify which way the market is moving and how best to trade it.
It also includes The Divergence, where the goal is to make as much money in as short a time as possible.
But it begins with Everybody’s Wrong, where we follow human behavior, how it shakes out in terms of price, and what that means for our portfolios.
I’m grateful to be able to share it all with you.
Please enjoy a few of our favorite notes on humans, markets, and trading from what’s been a rewarding first year for Everybody’s Wrong.
Great Reads for Christmas Day
Believe it or not, we started publishing Everybody’s Wrong right before the peak of the panic about the second Trump administration.
It’s like I said on April 8: Everybody Is Losing Their Minds. But now it’s Christmas, and stocks are at all-time highs.
Indeed, as I wrote on May 19, Humans Are Crazy.
And, as we learned on June 16, what we’re really doing around here is Profiting From Human Stupidity.
We’re not ungrateful about it, though, and we gave credit to whom it’s due – Charlie Munger – on July 9 in Thanks for Being Wrong Everybody.
On August 13, we got to a simple truth about the people who share their views on the stock market: Your Favorite Fundamental Analyst Is a Chart.
We do things our own way, but it’s always based on data. That’s true across sectors and up and down the cap scale.
In fact, we laid down the law about small-cap stocks on September 26: New Sheriff in Town. These Are the New Rules.
We’re not contrary just to be contrary around here, which we explained on October 28 by describing The Four Basic Fade Groups.
I’m a sports guy, baseball really. But I believe in the basics – you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball.
At the same time, as I wrote on November 16, I Ignore Fundamentals on Purpose.
We brought it all back home on December 21 with a big clue about where the stock market is headed in coming months and quarters in Consumers Are Miserable. Their Stocks Just Hit All-Time Highs.
More Reads for Boxing Day
I know we’ve got many readers from “Commonwealth” countries like Canada and Australia. Here are some more good reads for Boxing Day, December 26…
You know we love food and the Dow Jones Industrial Average around here, as we showed on April 24: Fighting Papa Dow Is Like Cooking a Steak in a Microwave.
In addition to being a Chartered Market Technician (CMT), I’m a Certified Sommelier. On June 21, I explained What Blind Wine Tasting Taught Me About Markets.
I have simpler tastes too, as I revealed on July 4 in Tequila Can Help You Profit If You Use It Properly.
We love sports as much as we love food. I wasn’t really much of a golf guy until April 14: Live from the Masters… I’m Buying China.
I do love hoops, and as I confessed on July 25, Rasheed Wallace Is My Quant. On August 3, I shared What Sumo Wrestling Taught Me About Trading.
And, of course, Baseball Made Me Tough. The Market Made Me Tougher., as we learned on November 23.
We must mention, of course, Sam Gatlin and his September 6 piece on Kansas Roots, Wall Street Lessons.
On October 4, Jason Perz enlightened us about The Unseen Side of AI: Energy and Metals.
Grant Hawkridge reminded us The Edge Starts With Curiosity and Ends With Data on November 29.
And, on June 10, my friend Sean McLaughlin shared one of the most insightful perspectives on what we do that you’ll ever read, The 25 Delta Lifestyle.
From all of us at TrendLabs to all of you at home, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and, as always…
Stay sharp,
JC Parets, CMT
Founder, TrendLabs