So What Stocks Are Still Increasing ?

Q: I believe that during bearish periods, only 85% to 90% of stock prices decline. Isn't there a Google-like search engines that can identify the 10% to 15% of stocks that are still increasing?

A: Your question is totally answerable, but you do have to do quite
a lot more in the way of DEFINITION of what you mean. It won't
be "Google-like", in any event, because that is a fraud against
investors currently being perpetrated including violation of
securities law by arranging the publication of a really scammy
"interview" in Playboy

Magazine to be published right during the
sale of stock for professed ludicrous high prices and with the sale
itself having been numerously delayed so that that scammy interview
would be in public view during the sale, but the analyses itself
is doable easily with such things as TC2000 (free CDROM available
from http://www.tc2000.com). I don't know of an "online" screener
capable of doing that scan even after you get your definitions
more clear.
Let's take a look at what it is you really mean. What
time period do you want to consider as one of your "bearish
periods"? Beginning when? Ending when? Or do you mean thru today?
Without the "beginning when" and "ending when" there is no way to
get at the answer. Next definition is: What do you mean by "still
increasing"? Increasing overall from beginning of defined period
to end of defined period? Up more days than down during the
defined period of time? What?
Incidentally, based on my experience, with more than 42 years
of trading stocks, I think your premise is basically wrong. During
periods of general decline, what you get are some stocks which
aren't declining, perhaps in the range of your 10% to 15%, but
very much fewer, probably less than 1% that are actually advancing.
That too depends on the definition you use for "increasing". What
do you mean? 0.1%? >5%? >10%? Define the term and we can talk
about getting an answer for you.

There are a few stocks that have broken out of nice bases that are rising. One,
which I think is going much higher, is INTUITIVE SURGICAL (IRSG). After scoring
a 100% profit on the HSY August 80 calls, we are in ISRG and the calls. The
calls are up about 60-70% since we got in.

It really is too late to buy ISRG, but there are at least 2 other stocks that
have made high volume breakouts and have outstanidng potential.