AU
Outperforming without a clear catalyst yet
- AU +1.86% on the last session vs SPY +0.10%: +1.8 pts of stock-specific move.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
- Activity: volume on pace for 1.6× its 20-day average.
Best and worst times to own AU in the past two years
Buying and selling at the close. Each colored stretch is the best or worst window for that holding period, green for a gain and red for a loss: longer holds are wider and darker underneath, shorter ones brighter on top. The grey line is the full two years. Letters mark events inside the windows (E earnings, A analyst, I insider, M mention spike, V volume spike, T theme move, N news). Hover a period above the chart to pick it out and see only its events; click it to hide or show it.
Best and worst window per holding period
| Best | Worst | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold for | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank |
| one single day | Aug 18, 2026 | Aug 19, 2026 | +10.8% | #149 | Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | -13.2% | #96 |
| one week | Apr 8, 2025 | Apr 15, 2025 | +32.2% | #30 | Mar 12, 2026 | Mar 19, 2026 | -16.8% | #126 |
| one month | Jul 24, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 | +55.9% | #35 | Feb 26, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | -30.9% | #53 |
| 3 months | Oct 28, 2025 | Jan 28, 2026 | +77.3% | #44 | Apr 20, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 | -28.8% | #129 |
| 6 months | Jul 28, 2025 | Jan 28, 2026 | +139.6% | #37 | Jan 28, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | -29.8% | #112 |
| one year | Feb 27, 2025 | Feb 27, 2026 | +357.7% | #21 | Oct 15, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | -16.9% | #254 |
Rank #30 for the best one week means 29 of the S&P 500 components had a better best-one week gain over the past year; for the worst windows #1 is the deepest fall. Updated .
What happened in each window
From Wallsti's event record (Aftermath's events over the two years, plus the AI-read news catalysts, which only cover recent weeks). An event is no proof of cause: check the dates against the line.
Today vs. the best starting days
| As of | 1d | 1w | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 15, 2026 |
+1.9% | -0.3% | -10.1% | +15.1% | -11.8% | +25.9% |
| Best one single day Aug 18, 2026 |
-1.7% | +0.5% | +27.6% | +6.1% | -7.0% | +92.5% |
| Best one week Apr 8, 2025 |
-0.6% | -11.5% | +7.6% | +34.6% | +32.3% | +44.9% |
| Best one month Jul 24, 2026 |
+1.6% | +3.8% | +1.4% | -18.8% | -22.8% | +66.4% |
| Best 3 months Oct 28, 2025 |
+1.5% | -1.2% | -3.4% | +35.2% | +62.7% | +139.0% |
| Best 6 months Jul 28, 2025 |
-1.3% | -2.2% | +12.8% | +20.4% | +80.2% | +88.5% |
| Best one year Feb 27, 2025 |
-5.5% | -8.4% | +4.7% | +18.3% | -3.7% | +64.2% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.