The Insider Report

Notable Insider Buys and Sales Week Ending 11-16-18

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As the market has sold off, insiders are starting to take advantage of lower prices. Take note of this graph supplied by the Washington Service. Buys ET Energy Transfer LP  Pipeline behemoth ET recently ended their two class share structure of general partner and limited partners consolidating the company into one entity, ET. Insiders have been steady buyers.  Director Ray Davids purchased $5.0 million at an average price of $15.80. With a yield over 8% its not hard to understand what CB Kelcy saw when he purchased $31.million additional stock at an average price of $15.55. AMH American Homes 4 … Read more

Notable Insider Buys and Sales Week Ending 11-9-18

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Buys TSLA  Tesla Inc.  Elon Musk backs up his bravado with his pocket-book, buying $30 million worth of Tesla stock at an average price of $347.75. One though does have to wonder about the sources of Musk’s funds as he never sells stock, only buys it and takes no salary. This is reminiscent of bad experiences investors had with Audrey McClendon of Chesapeake Energy. At some point, the money runs out. Is Elon buying on margin? If so this can lead to a dangerous downward price decline in times of turmoil. AMH American Homes 4 Rent .Chairman of the Board Gustavson … Read more

Notable Insider Buys and Sales Week Ending 11-2-18

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Buys MHK Mohawk Industries  Billionaire Director Balcean continues to buy this beaten down carpet manufacturer with a purchase of $29.6 million at an average price of $118.42 SNX Synex Corp  The Washington Service wrote On Oct. 12, SYNNEX Corp. (SNX) shares fell to a three-year low of $72.83. As shown on the graph below, Director Matthew Miau purchased 122,202 shares of the IT supply chain services provider on weakness on Oct. 19, indirectly through Silver Star Developments Ltd. The $9.6 million buy is Miau’s first at the company and marginally increased his holdings, and represents the largest purchase in SNX’s … Read more

Notable Insider Buying and Selling Week Ending 10-26-18

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Notable buys Normally market routs like we just experienced are accompanied by a step up in insider buying. Earning season is in full swing now so most insiders are blacked out until after their companies report quarterly numbers. If the market remains lower, we will see what managers, employees, and directors think about the recent market correction’s “buying opportunity”? CCI Crown Castle International Corp Two insiders purchased $676.2k of stock at prices from $105.99 to $106.  At its current price, this cellular tower REIT has a dividend yield of 4.35%. Business will remain good as the roll out of 5G … Read more

Notable Insider Buys and Sales Week ending 9-28-18 $KMI $LGF.B $PAGP $SPKE

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Insider buying has been anemic as the quarter closes and most companies have self imposed blackouts before earnings are released but pipeline companies are attracting insiders. Last week Tall Grass Energy CEO bought shares and this past week, Kinder Morgan and Plains GP insiders are stepping up. Kinder Morgan KMI  Chairman of the Board and legendary founder, Richard Kinder buys $8.6 million at $17.55.   Fundamentals for pipeline companies look good under the Trump administration. Lions Gate Entertainment LGF.B Officer Burns buys $1 million at $20.43 near a 52-wk low of this rumored buyout candidate.  John Malone looks like he is … Read more

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Directors of Philip Morris International (PM) have made the biggest open-market purchases—both in dollar value and in share volume—by company insiders since 2013. The purchases come weeks after the stock was stubbed out. We have a big position in it for a trade. Stock is yielding a healthy 5.29% at today’s closing price of $81.04.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image media=”18234″ media_width_percent=”50″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Notable Insider Buys Skyrocket Week Ending 5-11-8

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$TSLA,$DDR,$SOHU,$ETM,$XRAY,$FLR,$AAT,$CVS,$CUTR,$D,$TEVA,$TUP,$UAL,$MHK,$AMP,$GOGO,$TEGP,$SMG,$LCII,$AYI,$HTZ,$AYI,$MTSI,$MO,$HFC,$DATA In this report, we examine stocks that C-level officers and directors bought and sold ending the week of May 11, 2018. Insiders sell stock for many reasons, but they generally buy for just one – to make money.  As a standard, we only look at material amounts of money, $100 thousand or more, as anything less could just be window dressing. The bar is different with selling, because the natural state of management is to be sellers. This is because most companies provide significant amounts of management compensation packages as stock. Therefore, with selling, we analyze for unusual patterns, … Read more

Insiders at Financial Engines Strike Gold $FNGN

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    Financial Engines FNGN two insiders bought this robo-advisor software company to the tune of $944.8 k at prices of $28.54 and $28.71.  The company, founded by Nobel prize-winning William Share (Sharpe ratio), was near a  4 year low at the time of purchase 12-7-17.  It only took 4 1/2 months for Financial Engines to find a buyer with Hellmand & Friedman purchasing the company for $45 per share in CASH.  That’s a heft return for legal insider trading      

$XRAY Overreaction to Dentsplay Sirona two day mini rout

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I just got off the phone with an IR Rep at XRAY. He believes the stock decline is due to the non-appearance of interim CEO, Mark Thierer, at the JP Morgan Healthcare conference. This is true, according to my read of the JP Morgan notes from the event. However, I’m not worried. Mark bought $5.1 million of stock in November and the CFO Alexos bought $3.1 million too. He said the board has a fiduciary responsibility to pick the best CEO. That’s a given. XRAY is an outstanding company, a leader and pioneer in 3D modeling in dentistry.  I am … 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

Five Ways the Bull Market Ends

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Bull markets end as we all know trees don’t grow to the sky and markets don’t move in just one direction forever. The Saudi “coup” goes badly and civil war erupts. Fighting disrupts the orderly supply of oil from the largest producer in the world. The price of oil skyrockets to $10o or higher.  Oil stocks do well but everything else suffers. The rise in oil prices catches manufacturers by surprise and they are forced to pass costs along to all varieties of products and services.  The Fed alarmed by the rise in prices combined with full employment starts raising … Read more

Notable Insider Buys and Sales Week of November 3rd 2017

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$AMZN,$OHI,$ALGT,$BCO,$EDR,$WBA,$USG,$DAN,$GPI 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

Top Stocks Insiders are Buying and Unloading Week ending October 27th

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$BK,$MRVL,$PM,$PNFP,$GS,$CVTI,$TACO,$T,$LMT,$MAA,$CLDR 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

$HMNY,$AMC Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc Up 775% AMC Theatres -34%

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HMNY closed up 33.9 percent on Monday, October 9, 2017, on 3.96 times normal volume. The bulls were able to push the stock to a new 52-week high.  This stock has risen 775%  since it announced the deal to invest in Movie Pass, the $9.95 month all you view movie theatre ticket that the co founder of Netflix and former CEO of RedBox. We bought AMC Theatres recently because of the insider buying and the belief that they willl go to a subscription model and it will cause Wall Street to reevaluate the business.  As it turns out the company … Read more

Top Stocks Insiders are Buying and Unloading this Week

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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

$AMC CEO Aron puts his money where his mouth is in this CNBC breaking interview

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AMC wants to break film’s fourth wall with bet on virtual reality 53 Mins AgoAdam Aron, AMC Entertainment president & CEO, and Kevin Wall, Dreamscape Immersive co-chairman, discusses AMC teaming up with Dreamscape to bring virtual reality to the movie theater experience. I’m dubious about VR in a movie theatre when its hard enough to pull off an engaging immersive experience with a dedicated headset and high end graphic chips in a computer but what appeals to me here is two fold: CEO all but leaks that business is great in September and things the holiday season will be big. … Read more

Top Stocks Insiders Buying and Unloading this Week at TheInsidersFund.com

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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 Now

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Buying American Homes for Rent AMH Chairman of the Board, Hugh Wayne, bought a monstrous $30 million worth of this REIT increasing his holdings by 12.9%.  I have watched Mr. Wayne purchase stock for sometime in this low yielding REIT and have been curious as to the end game.  It was established in 2012 by Public Storage founder Wayne Hughes after scooping up thousands of foreclosed homes.  I believe the plan is simple, profiting from once in a life time housing meltdown, lack of affordable housing, raising rents, and then ultimately selling the homes at greater prices.  Undoubtedly it will work … Read more

Time to buy more airlines $DAL,$UAL,$LUV

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I think the Trump admistration will eventually throw US carriers a big bone with some sanctions against the Gulf carriers and other state owned airlines plus some insider buying, low valuations, strong cash flow, Buffett long term sponsorship,and low fuel prices long term.   DAL and LUV are clearly the best run companies.

Day 1 Enercom Denver

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This year’s annual ritual, the Enercom Oil and Gas conference in Denver, kicked off with a recurring theme: Commodity prices are low, producers are lowering costs, and producing more. Nothing here to make you want to jump on the black gold bandwagon. But then again, the world is a dangerous place, probably becoming more dangerous and the global supply of hydrocarbons could be disrupted. The mood is somber and nothing remotely like a “trumped-up oil and gas frenzy.  Until something disrupts or dampens supply, we believe all rallies in this space should be sold.  WTI under $50 is not a … Read more

Cure Lung Cancer Now $BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) Could Be Worth $59-$75 In Takeout W/O CM-227 – Goldman

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Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) Could Be Worth $59-$75 In Takeout W/O CM-227 – GoldmanArticleGoldman Sachs maintained a Buy rating on Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY) with a price target of $63.00.Analyst Jami Rubin says the stock could be worth $64-$74 per share depending on the varying degrees of success of CM-227. The analyst also notes that in a takeout scenario the stock could be worth $59-$75 per share with no value for CM-277. Source: Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) Could Be Worth $59-$75 In Takeout W/O CM-227 – Goldman   We believe CM-227 works so what is the price then?

How Reliable is Insider Selling? Not Very

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We look at insiders buying and selling of their companies’  stock. Analyzing insider selling can be tricky, though, and does not guarantee a negative outlook. People sell  for a variety of reasons: there are planned sales, employees retiring, and people just wanting to cash in their returns but they buy for one reason, to make money. It’s normal to see insiders selling on a regular basis. That doesn’t raise red flags. However, we look for unusual patterns: insiders selling at 52-week lows (not something you want to see in a stock you own), cluster selling, and smart insiders(those that have exhibited … Read more

Top stocks insiders are unloading week ending Aug 4th

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals [VRTX] insiders unload stock at a record clip, printing new shares and exercising them on average 7 years before they expire. That’s $96.8 million last week alone. Hasbro [HAS] insiders unload $88.5 million of shares last week.  Unlikely there are any Transforming toys or movies on the horizon. Intrawest Resorts Holdings [SNOW] C- Level officers take advantage of recent lofty stock price to unthaw some of their holdings.  $3.1 million. Wayfair [W] management can’t sell fast enough, 9 different insiders unload $42 million worth of stock. Earnings are Monday. We’re short a small amount of this high flying … Read more

Top stocks insiders are buying week ending Aug 4th

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Disgraced former Berkshire Hathaway executive Sokol buys $6,000,000 worth of Seaspan [SSW] as part of a planned purchase and management succession plan.  This is the first insider purchase in over 5 years at the shipping company Martin Landis Chairman of cellular  tower REIT Crown Castle Holdings [CCI] bought 30,000 shares at $110.64 for $3 million. Crown Castle (CCI) only began paying dividends in 2014, but the company currently offers income investors a high dividend yield near 4% with 6-7% annual dividend growth potential. Crown Castle also has an attractive business model with substantial recurring revenue, excellent free cash flow generation, and extremely … Read more