Welcome to Regression Alert, your weekly guide to using regression to predict the future with uncanny accuracy.

Regression models predict outcomes like housing prices from various inputs. Machine learning enhances regression by analyzing large, complex datasets. Different regression types address varied data ...

What if I told you that Adrian Peterson isn’t as good as his stats say? My reasoning is the Curse of the Leading Rusher. You’ve never heard of it before, but it’s an obvious trend. Since 1980, the NFL ...

The Texas Rangers have been one of the most disappointing teams in baseball this season. Coming into the year, many predicted they would challenge for the American League West title, returning to ...

Matt Cassel was terrific in the red zone in 2011. But will that continue this season? Jamie Squire/Getty Images NOT TO GET too cosmic on you, but there is an unwritten law that governs the sports we ...

Regression to the mean has the potential to fool everyone, even NBA coaches building systems of positive and negative reinforcement. These are challenging times, but one thing I’ve enjoyed about ...

High stock prices, low interest rates and non-existent volatility have lulled investors into a false sense of security. Avoid the temptation to extrapolate events of the immediate past into the ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. I often hear from many of you that you know very little about investing. However, I find that most of you ...

ANNANDALE, Va. (MarketWatch) -- Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting this past weekend brought to mind a comment made by Dow Theory Letters' editor Richard Russell. "Over a short span, the markets can ...