While you’re buying Warren is selling:

While you’re buying Warren is selling:

“Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s net stock sales in the first quarter were the second-highest in almost five years and the conglomerate, where the billionaire is chief executive officer, slowed its buyback pace”. t.co/ehryNvuUmG

— Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) May 1, 2021

BUFFETT'S BERKSHIRE GETS MORE CAUTIOUS ON STOCKS AND BUYBACKS, NET STOCK SALES IN FIRST QUARTER SECOND HIGHEST IN FIVE YEARS: BBG

— FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) May 1, 2021

$spx record market flows pic.twitter.com/z8dh1Tvt2X

— VIX Squared (@vixsquared) May 1, 2021

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— Alastair Williamson (@StockBoardAsset) May 1, 2021

So what if US headline #inflation spikes to 7%?
Not that likely but what if we get above 4%, even though temporary? Interesting couple of months coming up.
(chart via @AndreasSteno) pic.twitter.com/mCo28rGZRN

— jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) May 1, 2021

Derivative Contracts Held by Fed-Insured Banks Have Exploded from $737 Billion to $4.1 Trillion

According to the OCC’s most recent “Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities,” for the quarter ending December 31, 2020, equity (stock) derivative contracts at federally-insured banks and savings associations have exploded from $737 billion (notional or face amount) since the Wall Street banks last blew themselves up in 2008 to $4.197 trillion notional as of December 31, 2020. That’s a staggering increase of 469 percent in just 12 years.

Insiders Selling Shares and Four More Bad Signs for the Bull Market, According to This Strategist

Deluard points out that the level of stock gains we are seeing now is unprecedented, with one exception: the Great Depression. After passing 4,000 points for the first time this month, the S&P 500 is on track to soon double its COVID-19 pandemic low of 2,237 points 14 months ago.