Black Box Trading

An insider is legally permitted to buy and sell shares of the firm – and any subsidiaries – that employs him or her. However, these transactions must be properly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and are done with advance filings. You can find details of this type of insider trading on the SEC’s EDGAR database. This algorithmic forecast is for stocks with recently reported insiders’ transactions. An “insider” is any person who possesses at least one of the following:

• access to valuable non-public information about a corporation (for example a company’s directors and high-level executives)
• ownership of more than 10% of the company’s equity

Package Name: Insiders Stocks
Recommended Positions: Long
Forecast Length: 3 Days (04/16/2017 – 04/19/2017)
I Know First Average: 3.34%

8 out of 10 stock prices in this forecast for the Insiders Stocks Package moved as predicted by the algorithm. GNC was our best stock pick this week a return of 26.03%. SHLD and CATO followed with returns of 7.06% and 3.51% for the 3 Days period. The package saw an overall yield of 3.34% versus the S&P 500’s return of 0.40% implying a market premium of 2.94%.

GNC Holdings, Inc. (GNC), together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of health, wellness, and performance products. The company operates through three segments: Retail, Franchise, and Manufacturing/Wholesale. Its products include vitamins, minerals, and herbal supplement products; and sports nutrition products, diet products, and other wellness products. The company sells its products under the GNC proprietary brands, including Mega Men, Ultra Mega, Total Lean, Pro Performance, Pro Performance AMP, Beyond Raw, GNC Puredge, GNC GenetixHD, and Herbal Plus, as well as under third-party brands. It operates a network of approximately 9,000 locations under the GNC brand worldwide. The company sells its products through company-owned retail stores; Websites, including GNC.com and LuckyVitamin.com, as well as Drugstore.com; domestic and international franchise activities; third-party contract manufacturing; and e-commerce and corporate partnerships. GNC Holdings, Inc. (GNC) was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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