‘s Insider Buys

Odonate ODT’s Chairman and CEO Kevin Tang has made open market purchases of more than $36 million in so far this June, including $10 million on the spot secondary at the highest price his paid all year.   This is a bet the farm investment but seems to be validated by the market as ODT stock has more than tripled this year. Three insiders buy AbbVie after Wall Street choked on their purchase of Allergan.  Do two out of favor big pharma companies add up to 4? Wall Street certainly doesn’t think so. Carnival Cruise CEO Donald Arnold bought just under … Read more

We took money off the table today in a bad tape with a good trade on Biogen

Biogen spiked handsomely today and we took money off the table in a bad tape. We wrote on May 4th, that we were particularly excited about Biogen. Two insiders had bought material amounts of stock Biogen when the stock lost more than a quarter of its value during premarket trading Thursday morning after the company announced it would discontinue trials of its Alzheimer’s disease drug.   CEO Vounatsos increased his holdings by 21.6% purchasing 4,351 shares at $231.48.  Longtime board member and biotech guru hedge fund manager, Alexander Denner laid down a cool $27.2 million increasing his holdings by 22.1%. Anxiety … Read more

‘s Refinery Blows Up- Better to be Lucky than Good

Insider Buying Week Ending June 21, 2019 PBF Energy CEO Buys $950,000 in Stock Moments before Competitor’s Refinery Blows Up reminding me of the saying when it comes to Wall Street, Sometimes It’s Better to be Lucky than Good Ron Perleman thinks Scientific Games is his lottery ticket. Investors aren’t so lucky. Prospect Capital Corp insiders like its 10% plus yield yet the stock is lower now than a year ago in spite of the bull run in yield sensitive names. Medicine Man Technologies is no cure for poverty.  Insiders can play games too. Insiders sell stock for many reasons, … Read more

Occidental Petroleum Insiders Say Enough is Enough- Our Stock is too Cheap to Ignore

Insider Buying Week Ending June 14, 2019 Occidental Petroleum insiders say enough is enough, quit trashing our stock by collectively buying over $4 million worth in the open market. Oil stocks are big underperformers but ever since Oxy announced the purchase of Anadarko, the stock has been in free fall. American Asset Trust insiders buying at new highs and continue to get rewarded at this diversified REIT. REMAX founder and once barred insider Linder returns with a vengeance scooping up another $2.9 million adding to his buys from last week. Guess CEO increases his holdings by over 230% buying nearly … Read more

Insiders See Opportunity in All Kinds of Markets, Especially Bad Ones

Insider Buying Week Ending June 7, 2019 American Airline insiders buy stock in beaten down airline lifting price action. Waiting on large payback from Boeing 737 Max grounding.  American is incredibly cheap will have significant free cash flow.and will be a direct beneficiary of increased trade with Mexico as it flies more routes than any other airline. John Idol, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Capri Holdings goes all in fashion conglomerate holding company with luxury iconic brands, Versace, Jimmy Choo, and Michael Koors. RE/MAX Holdings disclosed that its co-founder and chairman David Liniger bought a total of 122.9K … Read more

Stock Market gets Clobbered- Insiders are Nibbling

Insider Buying Week Ending May 31, 2019
Jay Hoag of Zillow Goes All In

Trump rocks market with trade wars on multiple fronts.  Impromptu tweet on Friday about tariffs on Mexico linked to immigration enforcement cap off a month that most investors would like to forget.  Monday’s action is likely not to be any better for FANGS with the news that the Justice Department is opening up an anti-trust investigation on Google aka Alphabet.   S&P 500 Wipes Out $4 Trillion in Its Second-Worst May Since the ‘60s.  Insiders are nibbling at a few names but in the short term are losing money like everyone else.