Why I'm telling friends to avoid gold stocks

Back in November, gold made a tiny move of 1.6%. But according to my backtesting by using a special type of gold trade, I would have seen a 141% gain in just a week. It happened again in March. Gold nudged up 1.2%. This time? A 104% overnight gain. And in June? A 1% gold move turned into a 74% gain in two weeks. Granted, there would have been smaller wins and those that did not work out, but you see, there's a reason I'm telling all my friends to hold off from buying gold or regular gold stocks right now. There's a more lucrative way to play the gold market as we enter a new breakout period. It's all about catching what I call "Acceleration Cycles."

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MRK Insider Trading

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Insider Ownership Percentage: 0.09%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $6,545,285.10

Merck & Co., Inc. Insider Trading History Chart

Merck & Co., Inc. Share Price & Price History

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Merck & Co., Inc. Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
2/13/2024	Joseph Romanelli	Insider	Sell	1,000	$124.89	$124,890.00	19,569
2/2/2024	Steven Mizell	EVP	Sell	50,694	$126.65	$6,420,395.10	23,619
11/9/2023	Johannes Jacobus Oosthuizen	Insider	Sell	2,081	$102.38	$213,052.78	18,191
11/8/2023	Richard R. Deluca	EVP	Sell	43,823	$105.03	$4,602,729.69	111,764
8/14/2023	Steven Mizell	EVP	Sell	4,250	$109.01	$463,292.50	22,935
8/3/2023	Steven Mizell	EVP	Sell	4,500	$105.49	$474,705.00	27,185
5/4/2023	Rita A. Karachun	VP	Sell	15,875	$117.53	$1,865,788.75	45,710
5/3/2023	Steven Mizell	EVP	Sell	53,400	$119.01	$6,355,134.00	31,685
5/1/2023	Richard R. Deluca	EVP	Sell	75,436	$116.03	$8,752,839.08	154,493
4/28/2023	Richard R. Deluca	EVP	Sell	66,163	$115.00	$7,608,745.00	154,493
4/28/2023	Robert M. Davis	CEO	Sell	143,329	$114.93	$16,472,801.97	271,817
4/26/2023	Joseph Romanelli	Insider	Buy	3	$113.68	$341.04	20,599
4/13/2023	Sanat Chattopadhyay	insider	Sell	134,055	$115.07	$15,425,708.85
3/24/2023	Joseph Romanelli	Insider	Sell	35	$104.65	$3,662.75	20,596
3/20/2023	Joseph Romanelli	Insider	Buy	136	$105.47	$14,343.92	20,631
2/21/2023	Joseph Romanelli	Insider	Buy	11	$109.20	$1,201.20	20,495
2/15/2023	Joseph Romanelli	Insider	Sell	5,000	$108.22	$541,100.00	20,284
2/13/2023	Steven Mizell	EVP	Sell	1,815	$109.10	$198,016.50	33,085
2/9/2023	Steven Mizell	EVP	Sell	5,000	$107.00	$535,000.00	34,900
2/6/2023	Steven Mizell	EVP	Sell	4,436	$104.25	$462,453.00	39,900
1/9/2023	Sanat Chattopadhyay	Insider	Sell	83,994	$112.29	$9,431,686.26	29,500
11/10/2022	Steven Mizell	EVP	Sell	15,000	$101.42	$1,521,300.00	32,144
11/9/2022	Johannes Jacobus Oosthuizen	Insider	Sell	1,795	$103.21	$185,261.95	16,731
11/9/2022	Robert M. Davis	CEO	Sell	167,613	$102.44	$17,170,275.72	247,593
11/8/2022	Steven Mizell	EVP	Sell	20,000	$101.00	$2,020,000.00	32,144
11/7/2022	Johannes Jacobus Oosthuizen	Insider	Sell	45,561	$99.47	$4,531,952.67	18,526
11/4/2022	Kenneth C. Frazier	Insider	Sell	235,000	$98.61	$23,173,350.00	700,653
10/31/2022	Kenneth C. Frazier	Insider	Sell	300,000	$100.75	$30,225,000.00	706,283
10/28/2022	Richard R. Deluca	EVP	Sell	164,557	$100.26	$16,498,484.82	136,977
10/28/2022	Rita A. Karachun	VP	Sell	31,997	$100.34	$3,210,578.98	41,103
10/28/2022	Sanat Chattopadhyay	Insider	Sell	100,292	$100.10	$10,039,229.20	45,608

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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK)

76.07% of Merck & Co., Inc. stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

Merck & Co., Inc. Institutional Trading History

Reporting Date	Hedge Fund	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
12/19/2024	Independent Solutions Wealth Management LLC	30,015	$3.41M	0.8%	+0.9%	0.001%
12/18/2024	IMS Capital Management	14,740	$1.67M	0.8%	+17.5%	0.001%
12/18/2024	Syntax Research Inc.	12,175	$1.38M	0.9%	+459.8%	0.000%
12/16/2024	SMART Wealth LLC	1,780	$0.20M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
12/13/2024	Lord Abbett & CO. LLC	390,353	$44.33M	0.1%	+127.8%	0.015%
12/13/2024	B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc.	127,497	$14.41M	0.4%	-13.9%	0.005%
12/11/2024	1ST Source Bank	101,755	$11.56M	0.7%	-0.7%	0.004%
12/10/2024	Birmingham Capital Management Co. Inc. AL	43,971	$4.99M	1.8%	+6.5%	0.002%
12/10/2024	DGS Capital Management LLC	13,491	$1.53M	0.4%	+5.6%	0.001%
12/6/2024	Logan Capital Management Inc.	163,928	$18.62M	0.8%	-0.2%	0.006%
12/6/2024	Retirement Systems of Alabama	1,303,335	$148.01M	0.6%	-5.7%	0.052%
12/3/2024	Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas	89,703	$10.19M	0.5%	N/A	0.004%
12/3/2024	Denver PWM LLC	303	$34K	0.0%	-41.1%	0.000%
12/2/2024	Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC	1,422	$0.16M	0.0%	-7.2%	0.000%
11/29/2024	American Trust	3,035	$0.35M	0.0%	+70.6%	0.000%
11/29/2024	Old North State Trust LLC	8,900	$1.01M	0.8%	+2.8%	0.000%
11/27/2024	Franklin Resources Inc.	16,049,161	$1.76B	0.5%	+12.9%	0.634%
11/26/2024	Asset Advisors Investment Management LLC	64,846	$7.36M	0.8%	-2.3%	0.003%
11/26/2024	Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp	702,746	$79.81M	1.2%	-0.3%	0.028%
11/25/2024	Synovus Financial Corp	324,981	$36.91M	0.4%	+8.9%	0.013%
11/25/2024	Tidal Investments LLC	289,298	$32.85M	0.3%	+23.5%	0.011%
11/25/2024	Blankinship & Foster LLC	84,238	$9.57M	1.6%	N/A	0.003%
11/25/2024	Cim Investment Management Inc.	8,335	$0.95M	0.3%	-2.8%	0.000%
11/25/2024	PVG Asset Management Corp	3,380	$0.38M	1.5%	N/A	0.000%
11/25/2024	Destination Wealth Management	209,406	$23.78M	0.7%	+2.0%	0.008%
11/25/2024	Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB	313,953	$35.65M	0.6%	+125.0%	0.012%
11/25/2024	Arvest Bank Trust Division	26,072	$2.96M	0.2%	N/A	0.001%
11/25/2024	World Investment Advisors LLC	131,233	$14.90M	0.4%	+475.4%	0.005%
11/25/2024	Sanctuary Advisors LLC	473,744	$53.80M	0.3%	+1.5%	0.019%
11/25/2024	Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co	50,554	$5.76M	0.3%	-2.8%	0.002%
11/22/2024	Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.	100,310	$11.39M	0.4%	-0.2%	0.004%
11/22/2024	Boyar Asset Management Inc.	5,361	$0.61M	0.4%	+21.1%	0.000%
11/22/2024	Sculati Wealth Management LLC	25,259	$2.87M	1.2%	+1.7%	0.001%
11/22/2024	Eaton Financial Holdings Company LLC	12,913	$1.47M	0.6%	N/A	0.001%
11/21/2024	Anchor Investment Management LLC	75,070	$8.53M	0.8%	+1.7%	0.003%
11/21/2024	Tudor Financial Inc.	3,758	$0.43M	0.3%	N/A	0.000%
11/21/2024	Te Ahumairangi Investment Management Ltd	111,057	$12.54M	2.2%	+15.4%	0.004%
11/21/2024	Wealthquest Corp	16,457	$1.89M	0.2%	+1.7%	0.001%
11/21/2024	SkyView Investment Advisors LLC	9,060	$1.03M	0.2%	-13.7%	0.000%
11/20/2024	Morse Asset Management Inc	27,404	$3.11M	0.7%	-35.3%	0.001%
11/20/2024	Diamant Asset Management Inc.	22,812	$2.59M	1.6%	+4.9%	0.001%
11/20/2024	Virtu Financial LLC	2,328	$0.26M	0.0%	-98.5%	0.000%
11/20/2024	Bard Financial Services Inc.	105,703	$12M	1.4%	-0.4%	0.004%
11/19/2024	McIlrath & Eck LLC	5,067	$0.58M	0.1%	+3.3%	0.000%
11/19/2024	Invst LLC	3,062	$0.35M	0.0%	-9.5%	0.000%
11/19/2024	Unigestion Holding SA	58,785	$6.68M	0.3%	-84.9%	0.002%
11/19/2024	Second Line Capital LLC	5,337	$0.61M	0.2%	+15.2%	0.000%
11/19/2024	TCW Group Inc.	450,123	$51.12M	0.4%	-0.9%	0.018%
11/18/2024	Rehmann Capital Advisory Group	32,857	$3.73M	0.2%	+9.0%	0.001%
11/18/2024	TD Private Client Wealth LLC	83,039	$9.43M	0.3%	-4.3%	0.003%
11/18/2024	Hobbs Group Advisors LLC	5,297	$0.60M	0.2%	-3.3%	0.000%
11/18/2024	Virtue Capital Management LLC	8,751	$0.99M	0.2%	-2.7%	0.000%
11/18/2024	Fortem Financial Group LLC	3,965	$0.45M	0.2%	-5.7%	0.000%
11/18/2024	Arete Wealth Advisors LLC	30,409	$3.46M	0.3%	-10.2%	0.001%
11/18/2024	Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky	519,084	$58.95M	0.5%	+2.6%	0.021%
11/18/2024	Sunbelt Securities Inc.	51,056	$5.80M	0.6%	-4.9%	0.002%
11/18/2024	Toronto Dominion Bank	1,626,189	$184.67M	0.3%	-11.2%	0.064%
11/18/2024	Empire Financial Management Company LLC	28,933	$3.29M	1.0%	-8.0%	0.001%
11/18/2024	Neo Ivy Capital Management	34,330	$3.90M	1.3%	N/A	0.001%
11/18/2024	Coldstream Capital Management Inc.	102,399	$11.59M	0.3%	+8.0%	0.004%
11/18/2024	Strait & Sound Wealth Management LLC	2,806	$0.32M	0.2%	-6.5%	0.000%
11/18/2024	RB Capital Management LLC	6,020	$0.68M	0.2%	-3.9%	0.000%
11/18/2024	FRG Family Wealth Advisors LLC	47,107	$5.35M	1.0%	-0.9%	0.002%
11/18/2024	First Dallas Securities Inc.	25,231	$2.87M	1.2%	+13.0%	0.001%
11/18/2024	Ashford Capital Management Inc.	44,709	$5.08M	0.6%	-20.9%	0.002%
11/16/2024	Geode Capital Management LLC	59,155,004	$6.70B	0.5%	+3.7%	2.338%
11/15/2024	Insight Inv LLC	17,779	$2.03M	1.7%	-0.7%	0.001%
11/15/2024	Greenwood Gearhart Inc.	104,989	$11.92M	1.0%	+11.2%	0.004%
11/15/2024	Valued Retirements Inc.	2,136	$0.24M	0.3%	N/A	0.000%
11/15/2024	3Chopt Investment Partners LLC	35,162	$4.02M	1.4%	+1.9%	0.001%
11/15/2024	Frisch Financial Group Inc.	8,924	$1.02M	0.3%	+5.1%	0.000%
11/15/2024	Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC	31,509	$3.60M	0.7%	+2.3%	0.001%
11/15/2024	Brophy Wealth Management LLC	4,349	$0.49M	0.2%	N/A	0.000%
11/15/2024	Vestcor Inc	300,788	$34.16M	1.1%	+10.4%	0.012%
11/15/2024	High Falls Advisors Inc	3,872	$0.44M	0.1%	-4.6%	0.000%
11/15/2024	Resources Management Corp CT ADV	38,238	$4.34M	0.6%	+42.2%	0.002%
11/15/2024	Executive Wealth Management LLC	103,084	$11.71M	0.9%	+56.1%	0.004%
11/15/2024	Continuum Advisory LLC	8,671	$0.99M	0.1%	+3.6%	0.000%
11/15/2024	O Brien Greene & Co. Inc	4,995	$0.57M	0.2%	-7.2%	0.000%
11/15/2024	LRI Investments LLC	13,036	$1.48M	0.1%	+204.2%	0.001%
11/15/2024	Geller Advisors LLC	13,825	$1.58M	0.1%	-26.0%	0.001%
11/15/2024	Hamilton Capital LLC	4,508	$0.51M	0.0%	+6.6%	0.000%
11/15/2024	Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio	1,194,252	$135.62M	0.6%	-1.6%	0.047%
11/15/2024	EWA LLC	2,248	$0.26M	0.1%	-22.4%	0.000%
11/15/2024	Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank	13,321	$1.65M	0.2%	+6.2%	0.001%
11/15/2024	Groupama Asset Managment	1,554,497	$176.53M	3.5%	+10.3%	0.061%
11/15/2024	Roffman Miller Associates Inc. PA	228,733	$25.98M	1.6%	-9.8%	0.009%
11/15/2024	Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd.	1,564,276	$177.64M	0.5%	+26.5%	0.062%
11/15/2024	Raab & Moskowitz Asset Management LLC	47,846	$5.43M	1.4%	+2.2%	0.002%
11/15/2024	MML Investors Services LLC	556,344	$63.18M	0.2%	+3.8%	0.022%
11/15/2024	Hodges Capital Management Inc.	75,324	$8.55M	0.5%	+22.4%	0.003%
11/15/2024	First National Bank of Omaha	104,062	$11.82M	0.8%	-1.6%	0.004%
11/15/2024	CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd.	1,976	$0.22M	0.3%	N/A	0.000%
11/15/2024	Anson Funds Management LP	20,000	$2.27M	0.1%	N/A	0.001%
11/15/2024	Dean Investment Associates LLC	39,568	$4.49M	0.6%	-3.0%	0.002%
11/15/2024	Headinvest LLC	21,855	$2.48M	0.5%	-1.8%	0.001%
11/15/2024	Kimelman & Baird LLC	162,900	$18.50M	1.5%	-0.4%	0.006%
11/15/2024	Northeast Financial Consultants Inc	75,745	$8.60M	0.4%	+0.2%	0.003%
11/15/2024	Mosaic Financial Group LLC	7,943	$0.90M	0.6%	-3.5%	0.000%
11/15/2024	Kensington Investment Counsel LLC	38,230	$4.34M	1.8%	+1.5%	0.002%

Data available starting January 2016

Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes under the Keytruda, Bridion, Adempas, Lagevrio, Belsomra, Simponi, and Januvia brands, as well as vaccine products consisting of preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines under the Gardasil/Gardasil 9, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Varivax, RotaTeq, Live Oral, Vaxneuvance, Pneumovax 23, and Vaqta names. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. The company serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians, wholesalers, government entities, veterinarians, distributors, animal producers, farmers, and pet owners. It has development and commercialization agreement for three of Daiichi Sankyo's deruxtecan ADC candidates, which include patritumab deruxtecan, ifinatamab deruxtecan, and raludotatug deruxtecan for the treatment of multiple solid tumors both as monotherapy and/or in combination with other treatments; and AstraZeneca PLC to co-development and co-commercialize AstraZeneca's Lynparza products for multiple cancer types, and Koselugo for multiple indications. The company also has a collaboration agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd., Bayer AG, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, as well Moderna, Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.

Today's Range

Now: $98.05

$97.90

$99.68

50 Day Range

MA: $102.25

$96.30

$111.54

52 Week Range

Now: $98.05

$94.48

$134.63

Volume

29,272,893 shs

Average Volume

9,418,368 shs

Market Capitalization

$248.03 billion

P/E Ratio

20.56

Dividend Yield

3.02%

Beta

0.39

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Merck & Co., Inc.?: Merck & Co., Inc.'s top insider shareholders include:
Robert M Davis (CEO)
Richard R Deluca (EVP)
Rita A Karachun (VP)
Steven Mizell (EVP)
Sanat Chattopadhyay (Insider)
Joseph Romanelli (Insider)
Johannes Jacobus Oosthuizen (Insider)
Learn More about top insider investors at Merck & Co., Inc..
Who are the major institutional investors of Merck & Co., Inc.?: Merck & Co., Inc.'s top institutional shareholders include:
State Street Corp — 4.71%
Wellington Management Group LLP — 3.00%
Geode Capital Management LLC — 2.34%
FMR LLC — 1.96%
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. — 0.74%
UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC — 0.70%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Merck & Co., Inc. stock.
Which institutional investors are selling Merck & Co., Inc. stock?: During the previous quarter, MRK stock was sold by these institutional investors:
Janus Henderson Group PLC
Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA
FMR LLC
KBC Group NV
Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.
Jennison Associates LLC
Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI
New York State Common Retirement Fund
Within the previous year, company insiders that have sold Merck & Co., Inc. company stock include:
Robert M Davis (CEO)
Richard R Deluca (EVP)
Learn More investors selling Merck & Co., Inc. stock.
Which institutional investors are buying Merck & Co., Inc. stock?: Within the previous quarter, MRK stock was purchased by institutional investors including:
Wellington Management Group LLP
International Assets Investment Management LLC
Two Sigma Advisers LP
Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec
Geode Capital Management LLC
Swedbank AB
Franklin Resources Inc.
National Bank of Canada FI