The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a Form 4 filing by Jane T. Elfers, president and CEO of The Children's Place $PLCE.

Elfers reported a purchase of 43,000 PLCE shares, equivalent to $1 million.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

We have data coming out at 8:30 a.m. ET that could potentially move this market.

Not much is striking me today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the world's most important stock market index.

While many think the "pros" use the S&P500 because they may be benchmarked to it,...

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I said this morning that if we break the 440 level on $SPY we can see 438.

We hit 437, then we bounced....

The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a Form 4 filing by Bihua Chen on behalf of Helix Holdings LLC.

Helix revealed an additional purchase of $40 million in MoonLake...

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$SPY is consolidating up at the 440 level. Should we break it, we can see 438.

The market is digesting the minutes from the June Fed meeting that were released yesterday, and...

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It was a slow day today, as you might expect on a Wednesday after a Tuesday holiday in July, and I believe the rest of the week will...

Today’s Hot List is a short one.

Director Richard F. LaRoche filed a Form 4 revealing a purchase of 2,100 shares of National HealthCare Corporation $NHC.

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The indices are lower this morning.

We have the release of the minutes from the most recent Fed meeting at 2:00 p.m. ET.

More and more "things" keep making new highs.

This is the sort of thing that happens in bull markets.

You can see Ethereum and...

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I pointed out in the Live Trading Room how the market might pop first thing in the morning then flatline.

It did just that...

The most significant transaction on today's list comes in a Form 4 filing by White Mountains Insurance Group LTD, who revealed a purchase of $59.1 million in MediaAlpha Inc $MAX.

White Mountains increased its ownership stake in MAX to 37.50...

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Happy Fourth of July!

After Friday's big gap up, the market is kind of flat this morning.

As investors, the first step in deciding whether to buy something or not is to identify the direction in which price is heading.

So many investors out there choose to skip...

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We saw some big gaps for the indices all around today.

It's hard to take trades when it's like this, as the move in most...

Today’s Hot List is a short one.

Pierce Norton, the president and CEO of ONEOK Inc $OKE, filed a Form 4 revealing a purchase of the oil and gas stock.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Happy Fourth of July weekend!

Monday is an early close for the market, and today is month-end, quarter-end, and options expiration. $SPY is right into the gap I spoke about all week at 438.97...