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capex_spike in Mining + Construction

Fires on >50% YoY capex increase. Captures aggressive reinvestment phases — often precedes value destruction in mature industries.

Calibration in this sector (20d horizon)

n events129
Mean return+1.84%
Median-0.65%
Stdev23.99%
Hit rate48.8%
r/σ+0.08

Top 5 sectors for capex_spike by |r/σ|

SectornMean 20dr/σ
Services (business + personal)256-3.83%-0.23
Services (health + legal + edu)94-4.20%-0.19
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate183-2.77%-0.16
Manufacturing (heavy)612-2.47%-0.11
Transportation, Communications, Utilities217-2.05%-0.11

For full multi-horizon and net-of-cost calibration, see the unfiltered capex_spike methodology page.