Phillip Goldstein bought $16k of SPE
Chairman and Secretary at SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.. 1,363 shares at an average of $11.78, traded Dec 28, 2023, filed Jan 2, 2024.
Score components
- +20RoleChair
- 0Trade size$16k at market
- 0Relative to holdingsHoldings up 4.5%
- 0Price contextMid range
- 0ClusterNo other insider buying within 14 days
- 0Repeat buyingFirst buy in 90 days
- -5Track recordMedian 6-month excess return -14% over 11 past buys
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 +2.5%, 3m +8.0%, 6m +16.9%.
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.
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 0001104659-24-000311, as filed. Open on EDGAR
| Date | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value | Holdings after | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2023 | POpen-market purchase Common Stock | +44 | $11.75 | $517 | 30,503 | Jan 2, 2024 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | POpen-market purchase Common Stock | +1,319 | $11.78 | $16k | 31,822 | Jan 2, 2024 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | SOpen-market sale 2.75% Convertible Preferred Stock, Series Cderivative | -2,623 | $22.85 | $60k | 6,746 | Jan 2, 2024 |
| Dec 29, 2023 | SOpen-market sale 2.75% Convertible Preferred Stock, Series Cderivative | -3,008 | $22.90 | $69k | 3,738 | Jan 2, 2024 |
Related signals
Other insiders at SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. and this insider’s other filings.
| Score | Company | Insider | Value | Holdings | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54Moderate | SPEsell SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. | Andrew Dakos President and CEO | $90k 6,394 shares | -102% | |
| 37Weak | SPEsell SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. | Andrew Dakos President | $60k 4,098 shares | -40% | |
| 29Weak | SPEbuy SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. | Phillip Goldstein Chairman and Secretary | $41k 3,000 shares | +9% | |
| 20Weak | SPEsell SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. | Andrew Dakos President | $5,180 377 shares | -7% |
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.