Interesting you mention QAN as well as OST as they are 2 stocks...

Interesting you mention QAN as well as OST as they are 2 stocks I bought today.

I've recently read an article which refers to end of year window dressing. The study mentioned was by someone named Hirsh and was published in the 'Stock Traders Almanac'

they researched buying the worst performing stocks on Dec 15 and holding until to 15 Feb. This method outperformed the general mkt by 5 times! It was done using US stocks I should add.

So I'd probably lump OST & QAN into this category as well as MQG, WOW, HVN (well pretty much all retailers) ALL, (wouldn't touch) amongst others