Sales happening on the same day is very likely tied to vesting, as grants vest on the same day for everyone who received them. Sites that aggregate the insider trade data should indicate if it's an automatic transaction or open market. Open market is gene[...]

Most of these sites, like Yahoo Finance, are simply displaying data from a resource like S&P Capital. S&P primarily pulls their data from the SEC. If a company doesn't report to the SEC, you won't see any data on these free sites.[...]

I bought some Biogen earlier this year because I figured the upside/downside risk was worthwhile for a long-term investment. Reading these biotech stock reviews from Doc Gumshoe is about the extent of my medical education. So I might be missing something, [...]

A little clarification: Yes, if you merely want to be notified if a stock drops below a certain price, you would just add an alert or set up a watch list with the alert (which you can do with your broker or probably any number of websites).If you want[...]

How is this any different from other modes of transportation? Railroads and flying have not been a cakewalk either, but failure isn't a reason to abandon hope.[...]

Maybe the steady type stocks are a better fit to your temperament. NVDA never interested me because it was always expensive, until a few months ago when it came to earth. I consider it a long term core holding, which is the only way I can ignore the volati[...]

Learning that our bodies synthesize most of the cholesterol we use helped me realize that exercise is the controllable factor that can move the needle. Reducing saturated fats, etc. is a good idea anyway, but as my own cholesterol still measured in the "bo[...]

The asset light business model is exactly what drives their high valuation. And you could argue that they do have control over their drivers through the contracts they agree to (it’s easier to terminate a contract than to fire an employee). There are ple[...]

Yes, he sold on the same day that I bought.[...]

I get that data centers are a huge growth area, but I don't have any idea if Arista or Cisco or Whoever Networks or ABC Systems has an easily defendable competitive advantage. Is there another way to evaluate that without understanding the technology?[...]

India in general is down in the past year, so it would be exceptional for any India fund to buck the trend. While I am a big fan of investing in India over the next 10-20 years, I only loosely follow the day-to-day news. My understanding is Modi may have t[...]

Interesting about BRK and the S&P 500 actually performing pretty closely these last five years. BRK itself has been in the Top 5 of the S&P 500 for at least a couple years now. There's a significant gap between BRK and the next largest company (AMZN) right[...]

About charts being chosen to get a reaction, it cracks me up how the WSJ never uses a log chart on the front page when they print graphs of historical performance. It's an obvious example of how the mass media wants to draw a emotional reactions from us in[...]

Who is it? SBUX always has a lot of competition -- coffee shops are a dime a dozen. Excellent management is the rare quality.[...]

I think new investors can learn a lot from learning how Zack's (and similar ratings firms) generate their ratings, and an investor could probably do well using them as a preliminary filter. If nothing else, you might avoid some costly mistakes, and that al[...]

Is anyone else here watching Focus Financial (FOCS)? IPO'd this past week. My understanding is they're the only publicly traded pure play in the independent wealth management/RIA space. Looks fully valued although probably still in the upper end of a fair [...]

Must be Abbvie (ABBV). They want to tender $7.5B worth of their own stock. Sure makes me curious about buying, although how it's funded and management's reputation for capital allocation are worth researching.[...]

Exactly what I told them many years ago when they switched to this clickbait marketing style (before clickbait was a term). They figure themselves to be a sheep in a wolf in sheep's clothing. They're definitely one of the most reputable newsletters out the[...]

During my last dental appointment, it occurred to me that I am guilty of paying lip service to the advice just like many (or most) people pay lip service to good financial advice. As someone aiming to be a financial planner someday, how would I expect my f[...]

Individual investors only need enough volume to support our own trades. Fund managers don't have this luxury ;)[...]