Savvy Trades and Investments

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Losers substantially outperformed the indexes over the final 6 weeks of the year, gaining an average of 12% versus 4% for the S&P500 and 5% for the Russell .... so waiting until year end to buy losers would not have been a good strategy, at least not on average in 2017 - of course the average return was skewed by a few big winners and the median return was significantly less.

 
 PRICE CHANGE FROM CLOSING PRICE ON 20171115 
  
 TKR    % Change     12/29       11/15 
  
 PTI      239%       5.83         1.72 
 MARA     211%       4.1          1.32 
 FTFT     159%       4.17         1.61 
 NOG      93%        2.05         1.06 
 NGVC     83%        8.93         4.87 
 VNCE     77%        6.19         3.5 
 SRNE     69%        3.8          2.25 
 SPWH     67%        6.61         3.96 
 CCIH     66%        1.69         1.02 
 BNED     64%        8.24         5.01 
 FINL     61%        14.53        9.04 
 MCF      54%        4.71         3.05 
 PES      53%        3.05         2 
 SHOS     51%        2.6          1.725 
 TEVA     50%        18.95        12.6 
 FL       50%        46.88        31.2 
 IMKTA    50%        34.6         23.05 
 SVU      46%        21.6         14.8 
 HIBB     45%        20.4         14.05 
 DNR      36%        2.21         1.62 
 BW       36%        5.68         4.18 
 APEN     36%        5.6          4.13 
 CLSN     35%        2.68         1.98 
 KEG      35%        11.79        8.73 
 RAD      33%        1.97         1.48 
 FLGT     33%        4.38         3.3 
 DEPO     32%        8.05         6.1 
 IPDN     32%        4.09         3.1 
 XPER     30%        24.4         18.7 
 AKS      30%        5.66         4.37 
 FRTA     30%        11.1         8.57 
 VSAR     29%        2.2          1.7 
 GCO      28%        32.5         25.3 
 XENE     28%        2.825        2.2 
 VRTV     27%        28.9         22.7 
 AIRI     27%        1.69         1.33 
 RRD      27%        9.3          7.32 
 ANW      26%        4.3          3.4 
 ARDX     25%        6.6          5.3 
 EGO      24%        1.43         1.15 
 AMRS     24%        3.75         3.03 
 WG       23%        1.42         1.15 
 EVHC     22%        34.56        28.43 
 BBOX     21%        3.55         2.925 
 ENT      21%        2.29         1.89 
 EKSO     21%        2.13         1.76 
 AMC      20%        15.1         12.55 
 NCMI     20%        6.86         5.71 
 MEET     20%        2.82         2.35 
 CATO     20%        15.92        13.27 
 DF       19%        11.56        9.68 
 NERV     19%        6.05         5.1 
 NBR      18%        6.83         5.78 
 SGYP     18%        2.23         1.89 
 CRZO     18%        21.28        18.08 
 TTS      17%        9.6          8.2 
 SREV     17%        3.09         2.64 
 BGFV     17%        7.6          6.5 
 ASNA     17%        2.35         2.01 
 WLL      17%        26.48        22.69 
 UAA      16%        14.43        12.41 
 SPN      16%        9.63         8.32 
 FMSA     16%        5.23         4.52 
 HCLP     16%        10.7         9.25 
 KEYW     15%        5.87         5.12 
 AVP      14%        2.15         1.88 
 TISI     14%        14.9         13.05 
 CATM     14%        18.52        16.26 
 LBY      13%        7.52         6.68 
 SND      13%        8.66         7.695 
 GLBS     12%        1.146        1.02 
 VSI      11%        4.4          3.95 
 UIS      11%        8.15         7.35 
 QEP      11%        9.57         8.65 
 ENDP     10%        7.75         7.02 
 BBBY     10%        21.99        19.95 
 DXLG     10%        2.2          2 
 AMSC     10%        3.63         3.31 
 FOMX     10%        6.01         5.48 
 PLXP     10%        6.899        6.3 
 LONE     9%         3.97         3.64 
 DHX      9%         1.9          1.75 
 FOSL     9%         7.77         7.16 
 PEIX     8%         4.55         4.2 
 LKSD     8%         15.15        13.99 
 ITEK     8%         2.61         2.42 
 ORIG     8%         26.8         24.88 
 AFSI     8%         10.07        9.35 
 CBI      8%         16.14        14.99 
 TRVN     7%         1.6          1.49 
 USAU     7%         1.63         1.52 
 OTIC     7%         5.55         5.2 
 SMRT     6%         1.16         1.09 
 ACET     6%         10.33        9.73 
 MHLD     6%         6.6          6.25 
 CUI      5%         2.75         2.61 
 FRAN     5%         7.31         6.94 
 $RUT     5%         1535.51      1464.09 
 AXON     5%         5.27         5.03 
 SQBG     5%         1.78         1.7 
 $SPX     4%         2673.61      2564.62 
 ONS      4%         1.3          1.25 
 CYCC     4%         1.74         1.68 
 JCP      3%         3.16         3.06 
 ESND     3%         9.27         9 
 MNK      3%         22.56        21.91 
 VSTO     3%         14.57        14.19 
 ORPN     3%         2.286        2.229 
 FTK      2%         4.66         4.56 
 TIS      2%         12.8         12.54 
 FTD      2%         7.19         7.05 
 FTR      2%         6.76         6.66 
 CBL      1%         5.66         5.58 
 ACHV     1%         1.343        1.326 
 GNCA     1%         1.16         1.15 
 SLNO     1%         1.8          1.788 
 PFNX     0%         2.66         2.65 
 PCMI     -1%        9.9          9.95 
 RUBI     -1%        1.87         1.89 
 TOO      -2%        2.36         2.4 
 MBOT     -2%        1.02         1.04 
 P        -2%        4.82         4.93 
 EPE      -2%        2.36         2.42 
 TDW      -2%        24.4         25.02 
 CECE     -3%        5.13         5.28 
 ONVO     -4%        1.34         1.39 
 NAO      -4%        1.199        1.25 
 ADXS     -5%        2.84         2.98 
 AGTC     -5%        3.6          3.8 
 MYND     -5%        3.4          3.591 
 IPWR     -5%        1.42         1.5 
 CHRS     -5%        8.8          9.3 
 XBIT     -6%        3.94         4.17 
 NSTG     -7%        7.47         8 
 SNCR     -7%        8.94         9.58 
 AMAG     -7%        13.25        14.2 
 CETX     -7%        2.549        2.74 
 TNDM     -7%        2.36         2.54 
 ANY      -8%        2.46         2.66 
 OPTT     -8%        1.1          1.19 
 DRYS     -8%        3.53         3.82 
 PKD      -8%        1            1.09 
 ARLZ     -8%        1.42         1.55 
 CATB     -9%        1.49         1.63 
 KODK     -9%        3.1          3.4 
 WIN      -9%        1.85         2.04 
 ITUS     -10%       2.36         2.608 
 MACK     -10%       10.25        11.4 
 RGSE     -10%       1.48         1.65 
 SGOC     -12%       1.06         1.2 
 CVO      -12%       0.9          1.02 
 NH       -12%       3.05         3.46 
 KONA     -13%       1.75         2 
 IDXG     -14%       1.02         1.18 
 FRED     -14%       4.05         4.7 
 REED     -14%       1.55         1.8 
 BCEI     -14%       27.59        32.07 
 SHLD     -14%       3.58         4.17 
 GNMK     -14%       4.17         4.86 
 SSI      -14%       1.68         1.96 
 WKHS     -15%       2.56         3.01 
 GRAM     -16%       2.85         3.39 
 GNMX     -19%       1.2          1.49 
 TTNP     -20%       1.325        1.65 
 AMMA     -23%       1.16         1.5 
 CFMS     -24%       2.38         3.13 
 NOVN     -24%       4.22         5.58 
 ALQA     -25%       1.81         2.4 
 ANTH     -26%       1.65         2.23 
 AQMS     -27%       2.13         2.92 
 LEJU     -27%       1.44         1.98 
 WLB      -28%       1.21         1.67 
 ICON     -30%       1.29         1.85 
 CHKE     -31%       1.9          2.75 
 REXX     -35%       1.381        2.14 
 DCIX     -39%       4.06         6.7 
 NAT      -40%       2.46         4.12 
 NVIV     -41%       0.77         1.3 
 SNES     -55%       0.72         1.59 
 CHFS     -79%       3.46         16.5 
  
 AVERAGE RETURN =            11.6%