Avoiding the lure of technical, trend-following strategies while expecting higher earnings growth and higher equity market prices has been rewarded in 2026… and pretty much every bull market cycle, but who am I to remind of such investing facts? The earnings trend should always be an investors’ “North Star.” As they go, so goes…
Each week we publish a macro-market Research Report, which has proven best-in-class, at finomgroup.com. Here are some notable excerpts from our recent reports and this Sunday’s publication. In addition, we’ve included a couple of noteworthy charts to build upon our ongoing data and analytics, as we approach the start of 2H 2026. As a robust…
Each week I (Seth Golden) write a macro-market Research Report at finomgroup.com, for thousands of investors, strategists and portfolio managers around the world. The following excerpts are taken from this weekly report, for which is title the Weekly Nifty 9 Must Knows! Check it out below, and for access to the full report, subscribe to our Contributor or Premium membership plans and receive access to our full-scale and best-in-class analytics each week.
“How do you know when to double-down on a position? Only when you’re willing to triple-down on a position!”
“When the market does the opposite of your expectations, repeatedly, it is detailing through price that your understandings and assertions are wrong.”
“Some industries and sectors have entered the “it’s not what you make, it’s what you keep” portion of the cyclical conversation.”
– SETH GOLDEN, CHIEF MARKET STRATEGIST AT FINOMGROUP.COM
(CONTRIBUTOR/PREMIUM MEMBERS ONLY)
“You only get paid to take risk, not to know there’s always risk about the markets.” “This dollar-cost-averaging exercise is why I often suggest there is no such thing as a bad market, only lost opportunity. It’s the lost opportunity that investors often accrue and compound, with great misfortune.” “I’m not competing for World’s Smallest Drawdown. I’ve never seen such a trophy ceremony; have you?”
This recap provides a comprehensive synthesis of recent market analysis, focusing on the performance and validity of key quantitative signals monitored over the past several months and outlining the strategic outlook for 2026. The analysis reveals a high success rate for bullish quantitative indicators throughout 2025, which correctly forecasted positive market returns and the absence of a recession despite deteriorating breadth and pessimistic sentiment. The powerful Zweig Breadth Thrust signal from April 2025, in particular, has proven exceptionally reliable, with its forecast for positive 6- and 12-month returns and no recession holding true.
“99% of bearish narratives are really metaphors explaining an inability to manage cash wisely.” “Simple doesn’t mean wrong anymore than complicated means right.” “Systems are mostly foolproof, until humans engage the system. Do it right or don’t do it at all… it demands proper dedication else there’s no possibility of cognitive retention of scale and practicality.”
“Definitely a disproportional move in VOL today (Tuesday) relative to SPX. Heading into monthly Op/Ex.”
– SETH GOLDEN, CHIEF MARKET STRATEGIST AT FINOMGROUP.COM
(CONTRIBUTOR/PREMIUM MEMBERS ONLY)
“Be in the business of following a time tested strategy, managing cash wisely, leaning into your resources, asking questions, getting feedback, that’s savvy investing/thoughtful management. Just because they are on TV does not make someone qualified…they are always worried about the down, the next big drawdown… if you never embrace down you will endlessly chase the market trying to circumvent the next drawdown.”
– SETH GOLDEN, CHIEF EQUITY MARKET STRATEGIST AT FINOMGROUP.COM
“Discipline is rare because excuses are cheaper.”
– SETH GOLDEN, CHIEF MARKET STRATEGIST AT FINOM GROUP
