Management, led by CEO Terry Duffy, is pragmatic and capital allocation-focused—returning massive cash via dividends while steadily expanding into new areas like crypto derivatives and prediction markets. Name: Kenneth BockhorstPosition: Chairman, President & CEOTransaction Date: 04-21-2026 Shares Bought: 2,200 shares … Read more.
Management, led by CEO Terry Duffy, is pragmatic and capital allocation-focused—returning massive cash via dividends while steadily expanding into new areas like crypto derivatives and prediction markets. Name: William R. ShepardPosition: DirectorTransaction Date: 03-26-2026 Shares Bought: 1,470 shares an average … Read more.
With legendary Warren Buffett stepping down, investors are despondent, reflected in BRK B’s flat performance over the last two weeks despite the overall market’s sharp 12% rise. THIS IS ABOUT TO CHANGE. I rely on proprietary technical indicators, but the … Read more.
The light of day is coming up on this self imposed quarterly earnings blackout. 1st Quarter Earnings begins in earnest, next week. We will see then if stock are cheap enough for any insiders to jump in. Name: Celeste Beeks … Read more.
The self imposed quarterly earnings blackout could have not happened at a worse time. When market participants most want answers, insiders are restricted from trading in their own stocks generally 30 days before the Quarter end until they publish these … Read more.
When Macro trumps everything, does insider buying have relevance. The answer to this will only be apparent in time. My hunch is that insiders know as much about macro as anyone else. Name: Charles V. BerghPosition: DirectorTransaction Date: 03-20-2026 … Read more.
When Macro trumps everything, does insider buying have relevance. The answer to this will only be apparent in time. My hunch is that insiders know as much about macro as anyone else. Name: Manuel J. Perez De La MesaPosition: DirectorTransaction … Read more.
When the CEO-to-Seller ratio hits a 20-month high, the message is clear: Preservation is currently more important than participation. We are seeing “distribution” from institutional players to retail, and until the inflation data cools or we see a broader base … Read more.
War adds a new calculus. Predictable trends crumble in the face of the unpredictable nature of war. I can’t imagine it leading to anything significant enough to disrupt the market. If this war is over in days or a few … Read more.
So far the year is shaping up completely predictable. Last year’s winners or this year’s laggards. The AI trade has moved from the Capex spenders to the Capex beneficiaries. Let’s call it bytes to kilowatts. Notable insiders, not just any … Read more.
Notable insiders, not just any insiders but the ones that we identify as notable purchases continue to outperform the indices. The Nasdaq composite was down 2.10% while the S&P was down 1.39% and the RSP was up 0.33%. My gut … Read more.
The Nasdaq composite was down 1.84% while the RSP was up 2.11% That pretty much said it all. There was rotation all right and painful if you weren’t on the right side of it. Most of these insiders were. The … Read more.
As Q4 earnings announcements start to wind down, we would expect to see a pickup in insider activity. We are seeing that, particularly in sectors that have sold off in anticipation of possible Trump regulatory changes that would make business … Read more.
The bulletproof market stumbles on; not escalating war in the Middle East or a tumultuous Presidential election in the U.S. seems to faze it. Insiders are mainly sitting this one out, whether it’s the priciness of the market or the … Read more.
Grail is hard to analyze, but the potential upside is staggering. Due to their regulatory challenges, there is a paucity of information, obfuscated by likely insider dealing and related third-party transactions, and an abundance of lawyers due to regulatory challenges. … Read more.
The post took a backseat to Father’s Day last week. Looking closely, you can see me with DJI FPV goggles next to my son at Tunnel Park. In the background, the sun sets over Antelope Island in the Great Salt … Read more.
I was a little late in finishing the blog, as there were many more names to research. Most of the quarterly earnings are behind us, and it is heartening to see that insider buying has picked up a little. Speculative … Read more.
The blog is a work in progress, like a public journal/filing system. Most of the quarterly earnings are behind us, and it is heartening to see that insider buying has picked up a little. Could there be some value in … Read more.
We are deep in the blackout period when most companies prohibit insiders from trading in their stock prior to quarterly earnings. It’s been ugly for the bulls, but there might be some green shoots. You can be an insider, too– … Read more.
We are deep in the blackout period when most companies prohibit insiders from trading in their stock prior to quarterly earnings. It’s been ugly out there for the bulls. Name: Vincent P. DiFronzo Position: EVP,-Air Force & Comb Commands Transaction … Read more.
We are deep in the blackout period when most companies prohibit insiders from trading in their stock prior to quarterly earnings. Nonetheless, that rarely stops insiders from finding ways to sell using the ubiquitous 10b 5-1 selling plan loophole that … Read more.
An arms race is just beginning, but it’s not the traditional weapons of war. Artificial intelligence is the most disruptive technology to come along since the Internet. Large language models like Open AI’s ChatGPT are the machine learning equivalent of … Read more.
I’ve been struggling to explain the speculative frenzy I sense in the markets. Stocks routinely go up and down 20% on earnings or even something as trivial as an analyst upgrade or downgrade yet the underlying market seems calm, benign … Read more.
Something significant is happening when staid Dell Technologies is up 31% on its latest quarterly earnings. A giant uptick in capex spending is underway, and it is directly attributable to the stampede to embrace AI. After a year or more … Read more.
Insider buying has been noticeably scarce in this bull leg of a market making all-time highs. The small amount of buying is not performing particularly well either. You might find this news surprising from a hedge fund manager who has … Read more.
Name: Roger M. Singer Position: Director Transaction Date: 2024-02-12 Shares Bought: 500 Average Price Paid: $357.21 Cost: $178,605 Company: Everest Group Ltd. (EG) Name: John A Graf Position: Director Transaction Date: 2024-02-12 Shares Bought: 695 Average Price Paid: $356.75 … Read more.
Finally, there is some work to do in analyzing insider buying. It’s not much, but it’s better than the last three weeks of nonexistent purchases. Still, the lazy move, and perhaps the best move, is to get on the AI … Read more.
In the twenty-two years that I have been assiduously noting and observing insider buying, I have never seen a two-week period where there was not one notable insider purchase. I understand we are in the heart of the earnings … Read more.
Here we go again, two insider buys in small biotech names that rocketed 43% and 76% last week. This didn’t happen in a vacuum. For the last two months or so, the daily top 50 largest percentage gainers and losers … Read more.
While some stocks like the Magnificent Seven have had a phenomenal comeback year, many, many companies are depressed in value. For example, many REITs have poor returns, some as a consequence of the sharp rise in interest rates. Agree Realty … Read more.
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