Insider Buying Week 08-09-24

Someone wrote last week that the situation in the market was ripe for a crash, reminiscent of the Crash of 1987. I lived through that, so I have some personal observations. Name: Thomas Arthur Bell Position: CEO Transaction Date: 2024-08-01 Shares Bought: 1,712 Average Price Paid: $145.04 Cost: $248,305 Company: Leidos Holdings Inc. (LDOS) Leidos Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1969 and has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia. Leidos Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries offer services and solutions in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets in the United States and abroad. The company’s segments include Defense Solutions, Civil, and … Read more

Insider Buying Week 07-05-24 Biden in Freefall and Stellantis Doubles Down on Archer Aviation

For now, the stock market seems to like the idea of a Trump presidency, as the Biden campaign and Democrats spiraled precariusly lower like a helicopter crash landing. Name: Robert Holmes Swan Position: Director Transaction Date: 2023-06-28 Shares Bought: 2,941 Average Price Paid: $77.02 Cost: $226,516 Company: NIKE Inc. (NKE) Nike, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is based in Beaverton, Oregon. Nike, Inc. and its subsidiaries create, develop, market, and sell athletic footwear, clothes, equipment, accessories, and services worldwide. The company sells sports and casual footwear, clothes, and accessories under the Jumpman brand, as well as casual sneakers, apparel, … Read more

Insider Buying Week 03-22-24 Let the Games Begin

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 the Internet browser. The full-fledged arms race is underway.   Name: Brent Windom Position: Director Transaction Date: 2024-03-19 Shares Bought: 2,617 Average Price Paid: $83.00 Cost: $217,211 Transaction Date: 2024-03-15 Shares Bought: 2,683 Average Price Paid: $80.57 Cost: $216,173 Company: Advance Auto Parts Inc (AAP) Advanced Auto Parts, Inc. was formed in 1929 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. … Read more

Insider Buying Week 03-15-24

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 made a living reading these tea leaves for 23 years. Name: Ole G Rosgaard Position: President and CEO Transaction Date: 2024-03-08 Shares Bought: 4,914 Average Price Paid: $67.00 Cost: $329,235 Company: Greif Inc (GEF) Greif Inc. is a top global provider of industrial packaging goods and services, with operations in over 35 countries. The company provides a wide range of … Read more

Insider Buying Week 10-20-23 – Next week may be the spookiest in some time.

So far, 3rd quarter earnings haven’t done anything to dispel the gloom. The S&P 500 lost 2.39% last week. That’s hardly a surprise. What’s a bigger surprise is that the market is hanging on to any gains at all this year. We’ll find out how lopsided investment returns are when the tech giants report earnings this coming week. The entire S&P 500 now hangs on Microsoft, Google, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon as the broader market is a veritable dumpster fire. It seems like a tall order that investors continue to bid these stocks higher just because they have a lot … Read more

Insider Buying Week 3-11-22

Curious how well insiders are doing with their buys?  Scroll the significant buys of the last year. And what to do about the Russian Ukraine war. It will get worse and it will drag China into an ever-deepening conflict with the West and Democratic regimes. The declaration of mutual support that Russia and China published in a 5000-word memorandum entitled Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable Development was reminiscent of the Axis power alignment with Germany and Japan at the onset of WWII. If we’re headed to WWW3 is that a reason … Read more

Yields Collapsed- Stocks Soared Insider Buying week 11-5-21 the Race to the Finish

Curious how well insiders are doing with their buys? Click on this link or image above to scroll the significant buys of the last year. 3 Intel birds, 2 Dow Doves, and Archer Aviation in a Pear Tree, on the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me:  The shelves might be bare in some stores this XMAS season but there is nothing short of miraculous how the stock market does nothing but power higher. The performance race to the finish we highlighted two weeks ago is game on.  We’ve got a few names to analyze this week … Read more

Insiders Mostly Sat out the October Bull Run- Marc Lore gets High on his Own Supply of Archer Aviation $ACHR

Curious how well insiders are doing with their buys? Click on this link or image above to scroll the significant buys of the last year. Insiders mostly set out this historic runup in the last weeks of October. One buy we are fascinated with was the last-minute SEC filing of Marc Lore’s purchase of his startup Archer Aviation, $ACHR. We used this to provide our summary of the space, the incredible opportunity, and investment opportunities here with electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicles.  EVTOLs will be the next largest and most visible disruptive force in our economy.  Not only will … Read more