"Institutional selling" refers to the process of large organizations or institutions, such as mutual funds, pension funds, or insurance companies, selling a significant number of shares or assets in a particular investment. This can influence the overall market, as the large volume of selling can impact the price and demand for that investment.
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After detecting an abnormal amount
of institutional selling (distribution), we consider the market in a correction and begin raising cash.
I was hoping that it would not be added to an index so quickly because I wanted the maximum potential spinoff discount resulting
from institutional selling.
In yesterday's blog post, I said that our market timing model has just shifted from «buy» to «neutral,» due to
continued institutional selling and weakening of the major indices.
In a healthy bull market, a few days of
institutional selling within an uptrend is normal and can easily be absorbed by overwhelming demand.
However, if the breakout occurred on measly volume, it only takes one bout of
institutional selling for the breakout to fail because supply would easily overwhelm demand if breakout volume was light.
In yesterday's blog post, I said my market timing model has just shifted from «buy» to «neutral,» due to
continued institutional selling and weakening of the major indices.
While a healthy bull market can easily absorb the occasional bout
of institutional selling, it's never a good sign when distribution days begin to cluster within a brief period of time.
Many traders, for example, have absolutely no idea that they should not be buying stocks AT ALL when the broad market is in distribution mode (
institutional selling).
«
The institutional selling in this group is pretty mindless,» said Jim Cramer, portfolio manager of the Action Alerts PLUS Charitable Trust Portfolio.
Highly effective Pharmaceutical Account Manager with over 25 years of experience specializing in utilizing diabetes care knowledge in account and
institutional selling.