Meet Dean Christians
Founder & Lead Market Strategist at Turning Point Market Research
About Dean
Dean Christians brings three decades of experience in research, trading, and portfolio management, with a significant portion of his career spent working for an institutional money manager. Throughout this time, he immersed himself in the vast universe of Wall Street research, gaining firsthand insight into what truly works when managing real money in dynamic markets.
This deep exposure led Dean to adopt a quantitative-driven approach to market analysis—one that prioritizes the stock market's price action as the most objective and reliable signal of future expectations. Recognizing the value of systematic processes, he became a proficient coder, enabling him to turn market insights into actionable systems.
Over the years, Dean has developed hundreds of custom indicators and systems designed to distill complex market behavior into clear, actionable signals. His work culminated in the creation of the Tactical Composite Trend Model—a proprietary framework for identifying the prevailing stock market trend. This model synthesizes price-based data to provide a comprehensive view of market direction, offering investors a disciplined foundation for informed strategic decision-making.
Experience
- Over two decades of experience in institutional money management
- Served as Head Trader for a multi-billion-dollar investment firm for more than 10 years
- Four and a half years as Senior Research Analyst at a boutique financial markets research firm
- Expertise serving hedge funds, family offices, asset managers, RIAs, financial advisors, and retail investors
Stock Market Investment Philosophy
Turning Point Market Research's investment philosophy is grounded in time-tested principles that have consistently demonstrated reliability across diverse market conditions. We don't just recommend this approach; we follow it ourselves, ensuring our interests align with our research service.
Long-Biased Approach
Due to the stock market's tendency to rise approximately 70% of the time over a one-year rolling basis, Turning Point employs a long-biased approach to investing, ensuring that it capitalizes on the compounding nature of stock returns. When market conditions are unfavorable, cash is the most effective hedge, mitigating drawdowns, preserving capital, and providing the optionality to reinvest when opportunities improve.
Data-Intensive & Signal-Driven
A data-intensive, signal-driven investing approach that leverages technology and automation can process and analyze vast amounts of information far beyond the capacity of traditional, discretionary methods. By systematically evaluating thousands of indicators and market signals, this approach uncovers emerging opportunities that would otherwise go unnoticed. The result is a more consistent, scalable, and adaptive investment process that can capitalize on a broader range of market dynamics with greater speed and objectivity.
Trend and Relative Trend Alignment
Historical studies indicate that a stock's return is primarily determined by external factors, with two-thirds attributed to the market, sector, and industry, and only one-third attributed to the stock itself. For this reason, we aim to stack the odds in our favor by identifying stocks in uptrends with strong relative strength and reinforced by leadership trends from their sector and industry.
Continuous Improvement
Turning Point takes a regular and methodical approach to challenge and incrementally improve upon our investment and research models, ensuring we remain flexible and open-minded to an ever-changing market landscape.
Core Expertise
Key Market Insights
Market Upward Bias
Markets trend up 70% of the time (1-year rolling basis)
Stock Attribution Theory
2/3 of returns come from market/sector/industry factors
Cash as Asset Class
Strategic cash allocation reduces portfolio volatility
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Dean offers custom research and consultation services for institutional clients and high-net-worth individuals seeking proven market strategies.
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