You Really Want to Know What's Wrong with this Market? Insider Buying Week 10-27-23
$OXYLast week, I had two conversations with astute market watchers, one a long-time successful UBS financial wealth manager and the other, a close personal friend who bought the second charity lunch…
Insider Buying Week 10-20-23 - Next week may be the spookiest in some time.
So far, 3rd quarter earnings haven't done anything to dispel the gloom. The S&P 500 lost 2.39% last week. That's hardly a surprise. What's a bigger surprise is that the market is hanging on to…
Insider Buying Week 10-13-23 The Black Swan has been Spotted
The market bounced off deeply sold, technically oversold conditions. Now we're in earnings season, and much if not everything, will hinge on that. Of course, a broadening war is on everyone's mind.…
Insider Buying Week 10-06-23 Israel at War while the Fed Reserve Fights the American Consumer and Stock Market
The market reached deeply technically oversold conditions. Bullish divergence RSI was signaling a reversal. I would have said this reversal has room to run, but the war in Israel may reverse…
Insider Buying Week 9-29-23 as the Bar for Insider Buying is Rising
You can't say you were not warned. I've been clear with my thoughts about the misguided policy of the Federal Reserve raising rates to thwart inflation. Chairman Powell morphed chameleon-like into a…
Insider Buying Week 9-22-23 The Setup Reminds me of the October Crash of 1987
This week's blog post is especially brief. It's not because brevity is the soul of wit, either. Insiders are in the third-quarter blackout window; even if they wanted to buy, most cannot. I…
The Clinks in the Armor -Market Swoons on Friday- Where is the Super Hero?
Let me ask you this-Can you afford not to be an insider? With insiders largely absent due to the 3rd quarter earnings blackout- investors’ anxieties, fears, and uncertainties revealed themselves…
Insider Buying Week 9-08-23 ET Go Home
Energy Transfer certainly looks like it is coming home for investors. Oil producers and suppliers have been on a steady ramp for the last month after lagging most of the year. Ironically, lithium…
Insiders made some notable gains last week 9-01-23
August ended on a low note as all three leading market indexes lost ground, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) falling 2.5%, the Nasdaq down 2.2%, and the S&P 500 off 1.7%. Insiders…
Insider Buying -Interest rates may have peaked but the damage to earnings is just beginning
Market gains are muted, and traders are quick to snatch profits. Rallies are reversed almost daily as market direction is indecisive. By many measures, bargains in the stock market are hard to come…