Insider Buying Week 04-04-25 Provides No Hope for Bulls
As measured by the S&P 500, the market declined by 9.1% last week, its worst performance since the Covid crash in March 2020. And like Covid, it felt as if we were at the beginning of something…
A Primer on Market Melt Downs
Nothing in this post should be viewed as a solicitation for investment. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Historic patterns are useful for reference.
Insider Buying 03-28-25 Stagflation is the Game. Confidence has been Shattered
The market as measured by the S&P 500 shed 1.53% last month. The dollar was down, gold up. There seems be a pattern here. Money is voting in real time and it's leaving the stock market. This…
Insider Buying 03-21-25 Volatility Collapses for the Moment
Insanity 1.0 moved the market all of 1/2% last week. As much as we'd like to think the world as we know it is collapsing around us, it's volatility that is collapsing, for the moment at least. The…
Insider Buying 03-14-25 Nothing Good Happens Below the 200 Day Moving Average
CHAOS 2.0 seems to be morphing into Insanity 1.0. Consumer confidence is plunging, businesses are scrambling for direction, and the world seems like a far more dangerous place as we turn allies into…
Insider Buying 03-07-25 Chaos-2.0 Treasure Hunt Continues
CHAOS 2.0 unfolds as expected with a sharp drop in interest rates as market participants pivot from worrying about inflation to crumbling public sentiment and the likelihood of rising unemployment…
Insider Buying 02-28-25 Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful
CHAOS 2.0 unfolds as expected with a sharp drop in interest rates as market participants pivot from worrying about inflation to crumbling public sentiment and the likelihood of rising unemployment…
Insider Buying 02-21-25 Welcome to Chaos 2.0
I refer to the first Trump administration as Chaos 1.0. Many good things can come from disruption but generally the markets like predictability and order. It was only a worldwide pandemic that…
Insider Buying 02-14-25 Buyers Coming Back as Blackout Abates and Uncertainty Rocks Stocks
As Q4 earnings announcements start to wind down, we would expect to see a pickup in insider activity. We are seeing that, particularly in sectors that have sold off in anticipation of possible Trump…
Insider Buying 02-07-25 The Frenzy Underneath Continues
Screw theVIX, its become irrelvant until it doesn'. and it certainly doesn't seem to matter now.The market did not look pretty last week, and Friday's consumer sentiment confirmed it. People poll…