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Kenneth J Phelan bought $10k of HPF

director at JOHN HANCOCK PREFERRED INCOME FUND II. 618 shares at an average of $16.18, traded Jan 26, 2026, filed Jan 27, 2026.

Conviction score
23
Value
$10k
618 shares
Holdings after
618
change unknown
From 52-week low
+16%
low $13.14, close $15.20
From 52-week high
-2%
high $15.55, as of Jan 26, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $10k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    First purchase: no shares before this trade
    +8
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +1.1%, 3m +0.7%, 6m +2.6%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

HPFOct 12, 2026 · close 13.28
Since filing Jan 27, 2026: -12.3%SPY +12.8% · excess -25.1%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001779467-26-000002, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 26, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
+618$16.18$10k618Jan 27, 2026

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Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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