{"id":25625,"date":"2025-10-29T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/?p=25625"},"modified":"2025-10-27T13:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:15:51","slug":"how-a-day-at-the-races-sparked-a-new-formula-for-beating-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/how-a-day-at-the-races-sparked-a-new-formula-for-beating-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Day at the Races Sparked a New Formula for Beating the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Managing Editor’s Note:<\/strong> On Friday<\/a>, we introduced you to investing brothers Andy and Landon Swan.<\/p>\n

They have a stock-picking technique that is so innovative, it’s been studied by top academics at Georgetown.<\/p>\n

And when the Swan brothers recently met Louis Navellier – the “King of Quants” – they realized their systems have a lot in common… including homing in on winners.<\/p>\n

This led them to team up and create “The Ultimate Stock Strategy,” which they revealed yesterday.<\/p>\n

But if you missed the live event, don’t worry. There’s a replay running for a limited time… so catch it right here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Then read on to see where it all started for the Swan brothers…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

How a Day at the Races Sparked a New Formula for Beating the Market<\/h2>\n

BY LANDON SWAN, FOUNDER, LIKEFOLIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See that family snapshot below? That\u2019s where it all started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was taken in 1989 at Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky \u2013 one of the oldest racetracks in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s me in the middle, making the \u201cWe\u2019re No. 1\u201d sign for the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My older brother, Andy, is the tall boy to my left. Mom is behind me. Dad, in the striped yellow sports shirt, towers just off her shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there\u2019s Grandpa Rock, the proud guy in the middle with the hat, suspenders, and pocket-protector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My brother and I grew up in the small town of Evansville, Indiana. Our childhood was pretty normal, with one exception: Grandpa Rock owned racehorses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This often took us out to the racetrack, about a 30-minute drive from home. Some of my best boyhood memories are of the trips we took to the 1.125-mile thoroughbred track at Ellis Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My parents always gave Andy and me $2 to bet \u2013 with an important condition attached. We had to bet on Grandpa\u2019s horse. But we could pick whether it was to win, place, or show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was only nine. But it introduced me to the concept of risk versus reward. It ignited a love affair with statistics, probabilities, forecasting, and handicapping that would prove useful for trading the stock market as well as betting at the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it was the inspiration for the consumer insights engine that Andy and I went on to create to help regular investors get an edge over the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It spots the products, brands, and companies gaining momentum on Main Street before<\/em> it becomes news on Wall Street. And it does that by capturing and analyzing millions of consumer data points from across the web every single day. This includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n