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Mercury General Auto Insurer Chairman Puts the Petal to the Metal

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 Mercury General Chairman George Joseph buys $9.2 Million more of this California property and casualty insurer.  MCY  with a current 6.4% dividend yield and a 34 year history of consecutive dividend raises, looks particularly tempting.  It’s off 44% from its high and the Chairman of the Board has bought $24 million worth of the company’s stock in the last 10 days. People are driving less, auto claims are down. The potential loss of reinvestment income due to lower bond rates seems overstated by this drop in price. Besides Mercury has been historically a  relatively bigger player in the equity markets, … Read more

Insider Buying Week Ending November 15, 2019

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As the earnings blackout period ends, there are a ton of interesting insider buys. We are going to analyze ALL of them that seem interesting, particularly the ones that look like they may have a good chart setup for profitable trades. Read on and find out what insiders are investing in. Hope springs in the oil patch.  Antero Resources Corp Director bought 178,000 shares at $2.79 for $496k substantially increasing his holdings by 266%.  Just about all the E&P companies are making new lows and I’d prefer to buy OXY with its outsized dividend. The irony here is that the … Read more