Outperforming The Market By 27% In August: The Simple Side

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Before we jump into the pod and newsletter I want to let you know that I am putting together a “How To Trade My Newsletters” post that will be available to all subscribers on my website and homepage. I am looking to get this out this upcoming week.

Remember that my typical weekly insights will be reported ‘monthly’ in today’s special edition; but before we get into the monthly insights, let’s talk about this past week.

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‘The Weekly Recovery’

The Weekly Recovery is a showcase of the actionable insights we provide to paying subscribers. In our “Saturday Sendout” newsletters I provide my paying “investors” with 🟢Buy, 🟡Watch, and 🔴Sell opportunities.

I then track the weekly returns of our 🟢Buy Opportunities and present the return here the following week. Sadly we lost to the market this week due to the poor bond returns from ZROZ. I do not expect this trend to continue into the future.

Over the past month, we averaged a return of 1.53%, beating the market which only returned 1.32% over the same period.

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August’s Performance

Over the past month, we have done over 2 million views on our newsletter. I want you all to know that those of you who invest in me and this content are receiving unmatched information.

I went through every newsletter I sent over this past month and pulled every stock that I gave a rating. I have recorded them all and tracked their returns over their holding period (from the “Date Mentioned” until Friday at close).

I value transparency and as you can see I have included the section where I discussed the stock, the date of the newsletter, my rating, and the stock’s return.

Now, I am sure you are probably wondering, “How did these returns compare to the S&P 500?”

My paid subscribers and I smoked the S&P 500 in August.

My best-performing portfolio was my “watch” portfolio which returned 27.13%. As I have stated in earlier newsletters, my “watch” stocks are ones I think are good buys, but carry more risk. My “Total Buy & Watch” followed with a return of 17.51%. Again beating the S&P 500. This was then followed by the S&P 500 at a total of 9.35% which was ahead of my short portfolio, which consisted of the Chinese stock market index.

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Alright, now let’s jump into the monthly reports for politician, insider, and executive trading from this past month. Typically I report on all of this weekly, but today we will be going through the largest buys and sells from the past month!

I am also going to be covering all of the premium metrics in the premium section at the end of this article. I am going to do quick summaries for each as this is already quite a lengthy article.

Politician Trading Report & Politician ETFs

This report tracks the five most recent politician trades and two large holdings in my portfolio — ETFs NANC 0.00%↑ (which tracks democrat trading) and KRUZ 0.00%↑ (which tracks republican trading).

NANC is down 1.38% this week, up 1.56% over the past month, and up 20.24% YTD.
KRUZ is up 0.31% this week, 1.42% over the past month, and up 13.39% YTD.

What’s fueled those returns? Well, over the past 30 days, 6 politicians have made 74 trades moving over $2.23 million. The largest sale this month came from Scott Franklin who sold QQQ on August 6th. Since their original trade, the stock has returned 9%. Maybe this poor trade was the reason he didn’t report this trade until August 21st.

Let’s take a look at some of the largest buys/sells from this past month:

Stock Performance Since Buying/Selling

SBUX (SELL): -0.81%
ACN (BUY): +6.80%
APD (BUY): -0.69%
AMGN (BUY): +3.9%
CB (BUY): +6.6%

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Insider Trading Report

This report tracks the five largest insider buys from the past month and a new ETF in my portfolio — ticker SURE — which tracks insider trading.

SURE is up 2.39% this week, 1.42% this month, and 11.26% YTD.

The most interesting insider buyer this month was an anonymous buyer who sold COR on 8/01/2024 which has since returned -1.8%. Just another reason to be following The Simple Side.

Here are the top largest trades:

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Executive Trading Report

This monthly report tracks the five largest stock trades from company executives.

The largest buyer over the past month was Henry Schuck who bought ZI stock for $8.49 on August 7. Their shares have returned 16.5% since their original purchase. Just another reason to follow The Simple Side.

Let’s take a look at this month’s executive trades:

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📈 Monthly Highs & Lows 📉

📈Top Three Gainers📈

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Name: Big Tree Cloud Holdings Limited

1 Week Change: 417.48%

Stock Price: 5.33

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Name: Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.

1 Week Change: 396.10%

Stock Price: 1.91

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Name: BAIYU Holdings, Inc.

1 Week Change: 377.05%

Stock Price: 5.82

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📉Bottom Three Losers📉

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Name: Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc.

1 Week Change: -87.27%

Stock Price: 1.41

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Name: Citius Oncology, Inc.

1 Week Change: -84.53%

Stock Price: 1.77

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Name: iLearningEngines, Inc.

1 Week Change: -83.52%

Stock Price: 1.39

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The TLDR Summary