Quick Update:
Calpine (CPNLQ – my little pet project) was up another 15.03% yesterday to close at $3.75, setting another new 52-week high. My position is now up over 186% while the blog coverage is up over 286% since December 6, 2006 at $0.97.
Can you believe that my top performer of 2007 is a stock that I would have never researched or bought if it wasn’t for a simple conversation? Tips are for suckers but I didn’t buy off of a tip; I bought after studying the charts and then the institutional numbers (listed below).
Institutional Holdings and Activity:
Money Market: 25
Mutual Funds: 10
Other: 1
Shares Bought last Period: 18,524,253
Shares Sold last Period: 520,641
Shares held Previous Period: 4,958,647
Value of Shares Bought last Period: $29,083,077
Value of Shares Sold last Period: $817,407
Current Value of Shares held last Period: $36,050,747
As you can see, someone is accumulating some major shares in Calpine.
Here are the top five holders:
Steelhead Partners LLC.
Eaton Vance Floating Rate Portfolio
Calpers (California Public Employees)
Emanuel E. Geduld
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
HI,
Would you mind answering my question?
Where do you get institutional trading activity information?
I get the numbers using Vickers Research.
just curious how do u find these picks? one of the names you mentioned i worked for for 20 years, and really admired, though he never really liked me and i have discovered a few stocks he has been in, i.e. LTS and have done well. or is it that money goes to money and that it’s just coincedence. i see he is in a few stocks with richard gilder of gilder gagnon! hi buzzy