Market Digest: AES, HST, MCD, PGR, WSM, IQV, HPE

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Mar 11, 2025

Summary

As banal prices proceed to fall, determination is small successful the play insider-sentiment information from Vickers Stock Research to suggest insiders consciousness opportunity. No, they are not jumping overboard -- but past tells america that erstwhile insiders consciousness a bottom, they are speedy to act. And Vickers' information does not suggest that is yet the case. The measurement of play insider transactions popped this week, partially arsenic net play is beauteous overmuch implicit and astir insiders are escaped to commercialized again. But adjacent so, the leap is larger than expected, with astir 2150 transactions gathering the criteria for inclusion successful Vickers' Weekly Insider Report. That's up from 1336 past week. So insiders person been active. On the numbers, Vickers' Total Eight-Week Sell/Buy Ratio is present 4.96, this connected a standard wherever the neutral scope runs from 2.00 to 6.00, and thing higher is bearish. Again, determination is nary motion of full-on panic. But adjacent with the S&P 500 down astir 7% implicit the past period and the Nasdaq down astir 11% successful the aforesaid time, insiders are inactive not 'jumping in.' That suggests determination whitethorn beryllium much symptom to travel for investors. On a assemblage basis, buying was the top successful Energy past week, with shares valued astatine $32 cardinal bought versus $12 cardinal sold. Buying was besides notable successful the Materials, la