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John Chester Ball bought $251 of GCV

President & Treasurer at GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC. 69 shares at an average of $3.64, traded Feb 22, 2024, filed Feb 22, 2024.

Conviction score
34
Value
$251
69 shares
Holdings after
69
change unknown
From 52-week low
+18%
low $2.23, close $2.63
From 52-week high
-18%
high $3.21, as of Feb 22, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    CFO
    +22
  • Trade size
    $251 at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    First purchase: no shares before this trade
    +8
  • Price context
    18% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • 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 +4.7%, 3m +2.7%, 6m +9.9%.

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.

GCVOct 12, 2026 · close 4.14
Since filing Feb 22, 2024: +57.6%SPY +58.3% · excess -0.7%

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 0001271163-24-000012, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 22, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001
+69$3.64$25169Feb 22, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
28Weak
GCVbuy
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
Mario J Gabelli
other
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+11%
8Weak
GCVsell
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
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other
$12k
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-1%
8Weak
GCVsell
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
Mario J Gabelli
other
$19k
5,000 shares
-1%
36Weak
GCVbuy
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
Thomas H Dinsmore
director
$250k
25,000 shares
-
15Weak
GCVsell
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$3,901
999 shares
-0%
8Weak
GCVsell
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
Mario J Gabelli
other
$11k
3,000 shares
-0%
13Weak
GCVsell
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
Mario J Gabelli
other
$32k
8,000 shares
-1%
8Weak
GCVsell
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
Mario J Gabelli
other
$6,359
1,669 shares
-0%
8Weak
GCVsell
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
Mario J Gabelli
other
$5,300
1,424 shares
-0%
8Weak
GCVsell
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
Mario J Gabelli
other
$2,079
576 shares
-0%

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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