Chart of the Week: Insider Buying Outpaced the S&P 500 Index Over the Past 16 years

Chart of the Week | July 12, 2021
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Insider Buying Outpaced the S&P 500 Index Over the Past 16 years

  • Insider buying outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 179 bps with an approximately equivalent maximum drawdown.
  • Insider buying outperformed the S&P 500 Index during the Great Recession (’08-’09) by 9.26%.
  • Insider buying remains a great behavioral performance indicator on the notion that corporate executives know more about their company than anyone else possibly could.
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Hunter Frey, Analyst
Hunter Frey, Analyst
Hunter Frey is an Analyst at Catalyst Capital Advisors, LLC and Rational Advisors Inc. covering all in-house equity strategies and an insider buying income-oriented strategy at Catalyst Funds. Mr. Frey received a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business with a focus in Spanish from Gardner-Webb University, Godbold School of Business, and is in pursuit of a Master of Business Administration in Economics and Finance from New York University, Stern School of Business.

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