Month: December 2017

Interesting Insider Buying and Selling

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In this report we examine stocks that C-level officers and directors  bought and sold ending the week of September 22nd, 2017.  Insiders sell stock for a variety of reasons but they generally buy for just one, to make money.  We only look at material amounts of money, $100k or more, as anything less could be window dressing.  The bar is different on selling as the natural state of management is to be sellers.  Most companies provide significant amounts of their compensation packages as stock. Therefore we analyze selling for unusual patterns; such as insider selling 25% or more of their … Read more

Top Stocks Insiders Bought Week Ending 12-15-17

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In this report we examine stocks that C-level officers and directors  bought and sold ending the week of September 22nd, 2017.  Insiders sell stock for a variety of reasons but they generally buy for just one, to make money.  We only look at material amounts of money, $100k or more, as anything less could be window dressing.  The bar is different on selling as the natural state of management is to be sellers.  Most companies provide significant amounts of their compensation packages as stock. Therefore we analyze selling for unusual patterns; such as insider selling 25% or more of their … Read more

Top Stocks Insiders are Buying and Unloading Week ending 12-8-17

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  In this report we examine stocks that C-level officers and directors  bought and sold ending the week of September 22nd, 2017.  Insiders sell stock for a variety of reasons but they generally buy for just one, to make money.  We only look at material amounts of money, $100k or more, as anything less could be window dressing.  The bar is different on selling as the natural state of management is to be sellers.  Most companies provide significant amounts of their compensation packages as stock. Therefore we analyze selling for unusual patterns; such as insider selling 25% or more of … Read more

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  Source: The Greatest Investment Bubble – Barron’s The Biggest Investment Bubble: It isn’t Bitcoin, but rather bonds that pay less than zero interest. I agree with writer of the article but he could have been more helpful identifying ways to actually implement this strategy.  How do you short bonds paying less than zero?  The borrow on ZROZ which pays far more than zero is 8% per annum at Fidelity.

Top Stocks Insiders are Buying and Selling Week ending 12-1-17

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$PSEC,$BIIB,$TEP,$MDCO,$ETM,$MELI,$ORLY,$LOXO,$SCHW,$INTU,$DATA,$HDP,$PEN,$CBG,$SHAK,$QLYS,$RJF,$DE,$PANW In this report we examine stocks that C-level officers and directors  bought and sold ending the week of September 22nd, 2017.  Insiders sell stock for a variety of reasons but they generally buy for just one, to make money.  We only look at material amounts of money, $100k or more, as anything less could be window dressing.  The bar is different on selling as the natural state of management is to be sellers.  Most companies provide significant amounts of their compensation packages as stock. Therefore we analyze selling for unusual patterns; such as insider selling 25% or more of … Read more

This is Going to End Badly for Many

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Just like Bitcoin and other crypto currencies are clearly a bubble manifestation of the millennial generation, the ETFs and index funds so popular with baby boomers are a manifestation of  their own bubble.  We have been tracking insider buying and selling since 2001 as closely as anyone in the country.  When we started our strategy for the Insider Fund, we suspected that focusing on companies that significant t insiders (C- level officers and directors) buying would help us avoid financial disaster we could not recover from.  This has proven to largely true.  It is the bedrock of our philosophy.  In … Read more

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