Wall Street Warns. Investors Ignore … and Outperform
Wall Street traders are angry. And they should be.
Throughout 2025, the average retail investor has done what the “professionals” couldn’t …
That is, outperform the market with the simple, disciplined strategy of buying the dip.
In other words, they largely ignored Wall Street’s fear-mongering. Instead, they rode long-term secular trends like AI and defense.
One of the biggest sore spots for Wall Street right now?
Palantir.
Palantir: Wall Street's Exiled Favorite
Palantir (PLTR) wasn’t always a hated stock.
In 2022, more than 90% of analysts rated the stock a “Buy” or “Strong Buy.”
Wall Street drooled over Palantir's position as one of the world’s few pure-play data analytics companies.
Especially its real-world AI applications in government and defense … and the demand for its services and its shares.
I personally bought PLTR multiple times in 2021. I initiated my position at $22.78 … doubled down at the $7 and $8 range in the next year … and I’m still holding.
In all, my PLTR position is up 1,358%, which anybody would love to see.
Then everything changed.
The 2022 bear market took a bat to high-growth names, and Palantir missed earnings.
But the real sin?
It refused to play the Wall Street game.
Rather than spoon-feed analysts rosy guidance or inflated projections, Palantir kept its outlook close to the chest.
That alone was enough to spook Wall Street.
But the roots of the animosity go deeper.
Palantir went public via Direct Public Offering (DPO). In other words, it bypassed the traditional IPO process that puts billions into the pockets of investment banks.
A DPO doesn’t require underwriters, roadshows or backroom sweetheart deals. It cuts out the middlemen — i.e., Wall Street — and lets early investors and employees sell directly to the market.
That’s the grudge they never forgot.
Since then, analyst support has collapsed. Today, just 16% of analysts rate the stock a “Buy.”
Compare that to Nvidia (NVDA), where 94% of analysts wave the pom-poms.
And yet … Palantir is up more than 150% in the last year, one of the main leaders of the AI and defense tech sector.
That’s why Wall Street is mad.
But not just at Palantir — they’re mad at you.
Good!
Let’s Keep Main Street Investors (You) Beating the Pros
Many of you didn’t let the endless doom-and-gloom headlines deter you.
As evidence: Main Street has been the buyer on nearly every major dip in 2025.
During April’s “Tariff Tantrum,” it was retail — not institutions — that stepped in and bought the lows.
It’s been the same playbook all year:
Wall Street warns. Retail investors buy anyway.
And it’s working.
More than ever, investors are relying on real data and real signals. Not the same backward-looking P/E ratios and analyst guesswork that dominate legacy finance.
Simple technical strategies — like tracking Golden Crosses, respecting support zones and rotating into strong dividend-paying stocks — are outperforming complex quant models and $50,000/month research reports.
The professionals hate that.
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About Those AI Bubble Warnings …
The latest Wall Street fear campaign? An AI bubble.
For six straight weeks, the noise has been building:
“AI is overhyped.” “Valuations are unsustainable.” “The crash is coming.”
Let’s be clear — yes, some AI stocks are extended.
And yes, there could be a bubble at some point … for weaker stocks that have been fortunate enough to ride top AI players’ coattails.
Let’s remember: Alan Greenspan called the dot-com market “irrationally exuberant” in 1996. The actual crash didn’t come until 2000.
In the three years after Greenspan’s warning, the S&P 500 gained more than 150%.
Every investor who listened to Wall Street’s fear machine missed out on one of the best runs in market history.
Sound familiar?
Today, Wall Street is trying to shake out retail investors again — possibly before another potential breakout.
It’s the Street’s classic sleight of hand …
Scare you out of your shares with headlines about AI bubbles …
Then load up on Nvidia (NVDA), AMD (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Amazon (AMZN) and others at a discount … while you're on the sidelines.
You’ve seen this movie before.
And it’s not too late to change the ending to a happy one … for you.
Strategy Matters … and Weiss Ratings Plus Can Help You Build a Better One
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Let’s talk about the current trend.
The Market Is Stalling … and That’s Your Signal
We're in what should be the strongest seasonal window of the year — November through December. Yet, markets have stalled.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 just printed a rare bearish pattern: three consecutive lower highs and lower lows.
That hasn’t happened since April … which led to one of the best buy-the-dip opportunities of 2025.
Momentum has cracked. Sentiment is eroding. The Santa Claus Rally has gone missing.
I like to use these panic moments to load up on companies that have great fundamentals or a solid future roadmap.
While the “sky was falling,” according to Wall Street analysts, back in April, I personally bought Tesla (TSLA), now up 74%; Microsoft (MSFT), up 29% and Nvidia, up 69%.
But with collapsing consumer confidence, a housing slowdown and an uncertain Fed …
You’ve got the recipe for a potential Q4 dud.
So while this might not be the best time to go out and get your darlings there is good news …
Cash is still a position.
But even if you don’t want to sit on your greenbacks, income investing is defensive. And we can help with that …
What to Do Now
This is not the time to chase high-beta trades or speculative tech breakouts.
Instead, focus on high-quality dividend stocks with rising Weiss Ratings and stable technicals. These stocks are holding up even as volatility returns.
As long as the Fed remains ambiguous about rate cuts or hikes, dividend-payers with pricing power and strong balance sheets will continue to outperform.
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Use the Weiss Ratings Plus Dividend Screener to identify strong income-yielding positions as the foundation for a lower volatility portfolio during volatile times.
Check your Wall Street’s Hidden Buy Signals: Real-Time Stocks Just Flipped to “Buy” screener regularly. There are new buys added nearly every day and, especially around earnings, there may be several new additions daily.
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My Ultimate Suggestion
We all want to find stocks that go up.
And perhaps the most-direct way to do that is to find strong companies that also pay a healthy dividend.
You can do that in one click with your Ultimate Dividend Power List.
Looking at it today, I see several standout stocks that have been winners for me in the past.
Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) has a strong business. It’s paid me consistent dividends for a couple years now.
I expect the price to come down a bit more in the short term. But eggs are here to stay.
Its Weiss “Buy” rating, which it’s held for two years, also offers some “calm” amid whatever Wall Street panic comes our way next.
Elsewhere in this screener, which identifies the top-rated stocks paying the highest yields right now …
- Plains All-American Pipeline (PAA)
- Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX)
- MPLX (MPLX)
- EPR Properties (EPR)
- Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA)
- DHT Holdings (DHT) and
- Global Ship Lease (GSL)
These dividend payers also have good pricing. That makes them a great place to build a watchlist.
Parting Thoughts
Volatility will rise into year-end.
Light holiday trading volume, geopolitical uncertainty and Fed speculation, especially here in front of the Dec. 10 FOMC meeting, will push markets around.
But the real opportunity will come when fear peaks sometime early in January or February 2026.
We’ll be right there with you, identifying the next strong group of stocks set to outperform Wall Street and the averages.
And with your Weiss Ratings Plus, you have a solid-and-growing set of tools to buy the best stocks for your portfolio … at the right time for you to own them.
To your success,
Dallas Brown
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