Ron Muhlenkamp explains why bad policy is hampering recovery now, and what this means for investors.

Insider buying declined sharply last week with insiders buying $18.96 million of stock compared to $32.38 million in the week prior. Selling edged up a little with insiders selling $932.22 million of stock last week compared to $897.75 million in the week prior.

Like the economy as a whole, the Muhlenkamp Fund is still struggling to extricate itself from the morass of the Great Recession. Ron Muhlenkamp, founder of Muhlenkamp & Co. Inc., sees a forerunner to this downturn in the 1980–82 recession.

The Marcellus Shale is the largest natural gas shale play in the U.S. and the most attractive target for energy development.