HLF

Insider Buying Week 02-23-24 Is Following Insider Buying Dead as a Strategy?

by

Insider buying has been noticeably scarce in this bull leg of a market making all-time highs. The small amount of buying is not performing particularly well either.  You might find this news surprising from a hedge fund manager who has made a living reading these tea leaves for 23 years.  Take last Thursday, February 22nd, the morning after Nvidia reported blockbuster earnings.  I’m tracking about 400 stocks where insiders have purchased at least $200,000 of their company’s stock in the last year. This number has remained constant at 300-400 for the last 23 years. The average returns of those stocks … Read more

The Fed has a Hammer but needs a Scalpel Insider Buying Week 2-24-23

by

It’s a commonly held view amongst market strategists that the Fed follows interest rates, not determines them. You don’t have to look very far to see plenty of evidence of that.  It’s a quiet conspiracy amongst talking heads and futures markets that economic events and statistics are immediately reflected in real-time price action in the bond markets, dot plots, and other dynamic markets. The Fed will often talk up its view, and by the time they do take some action on rates, it’s hardly a surprise. This is, of course, by design. The Powell Fed believes in transparency and no … Read more

Two High Conviction Insider Buys $EVRG and $EPD- Week 9-24-21

by

For trade, details click on this link to the trades.    Name: Andrews Kirkland B Position: CFO Transaction Date: 2021-09-23  Shares Bought: 7,875 Average Price Paid: $63.67 Cost: $501,392 Name: Campbell David A Position: CEO Transaction Date: 2021-09-23  Shares Bought: 7,870 Average Price Paid: $63.66 Cost: $499,699 Company: Evergy Inc. (EVRG) Evergy is an American investor-owned utility (IOU) with publicly traded stock headquarters in Topeka, Kansas, and in Kansas City, Missouri. The company was formed from a merger of Westar Energy of Topeka and Great Plains Energy of Kansas City, Missouri, the parent company of Kansas City Power & Light. … Read more

Insider Buying picks up Last Week- 57 Buys in 41 Different Companies

by

For trade, details click on this link to the trades.  Wow- Insiders are coming back with a vengeance. The S&P was up 0.71% for the week ending the week with new highs on the S&P 500, the Dow, and the QQQ indices. Insiders returned to the playing field with an average return of 2.67% for the week, easily beating the market.  In this blog post, we analyze, 57 insider buys in about 41 different companies. Now you know what I didn’t do with my weekend.  We highlight the insider purchases that stood out, mostly over $200k and personal money, not … Read more

‘s at the Center of the Debate Over Herbalife – NYTimes.com

by

What’s at the Center of the Debate Over Herbalife BY STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF In the wake of the bombshell announcement that Daniel S. Loeb’s Third Point has taken an 8.9 percent stake in Herbalife after the company’s shares were shorted by William A. Ackman of Pershing Square, the question is: Which very rich hedge fund manager is right? Is Herbalife a pyramid scheme as Mr. Ackman alleges and the nutritional supplements company heatedly denies, or is it a growth business model as Mr. Loeb seems to be betting? via What’s at the Center of the Debate Over Herbalife – NYTimes.com.