Good article on some key factors ringing alarm bells as stock prices rally today:
“Over the last six months, corporate insiders sold over 120 million shares, while they bought just 38,000 (per CNBC). That's 3,177 times more sells than buys.
Insider sales hit a fresh high just last week, when 8,279x as much stock was sold as bought. The chart below tells the story from a long-term perspective.
The top section shows the price of the S&P 500 index. The middle graph shows a “score” representing the ratio of insiders buying to selling; a high score indicates insider buying, and a low score means insiders are selling. The bottom graph shows net volume ($ value of transactions, buys minus sales)…”
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