It’s been about 3 ½ months since I announced to an indifferent world that I’m continuing to avoid Stanley Black & Decker Inc. ( SWK ) in an article with the stupendously creative title “Continue to Avoid Stanley Black & Decker.” Since then, theI'm a quant investment newsletter writer who marries fundamental analysis with the latest research in momentum. Over the past few years, I’ve developed a piece of software that helps me track the level of optimism and pessimism embedded in stock price. I seek to chall ...