”s Driving the Market Higher-Insider Buying Week 10-28-22

The Dow had its’ best run in over 40 years. Major stock indexes extended a stunning October rally on Friday after tech giants Apple and Intel broke a streak of dismal third-quarter earnings reports. The Federal Reserve’s ongoing tightening campaign threatens to slow the economy down through at least next year. This may be a historic rally, but it is notably absent of insider buying.  The few buys that there were produced some handsome gains, notably from the issuance of the stub Biohaven and its spot secondary that closed the week, 46% higher. All bear markets in the last 20 … Read more

Insider Buying week 02-25-22 Yes, there is now Blood on the Streets

  Curious how well insiders are doing with their buys? Scroll the significant buys of the last year. Figuring out the next move in the market has moved into the realms of multidimensional chess playing with cross-currents upon cross-currents swirling below one another, colliding into one another. Just look at the Fed’s dilemma now trying to tighten monetary policy in the face of a potential global conflict.   Putin has unleashed his single-handed insane determination to change the world order. No one knows where this goes and how it ends. Ultimately this war could trump all news but for now, … 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

Insider Buying week 7-30-21 Another Boring Week of Lackluster Buying

For trade, details click on this link to the trades.  Another boring week but three insiders are worth taking a look at.  This post will examine the few hardy souls that stepped up and bought their company’s stock and the reasons why. Archer Daniels seems particularly enticing. Name: Schneider Ryan M Position: Director Shares Bought: 1,300, Average Price Paid: $384.36, Cost: $499,668 Company: Anthem Inc. (ANTM) Anthem, Inc., is a provider of health insurance in the United States. It is the largest for-profit managed health care company in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. As of 2018, the company had … Read more

Market Posts a Down Week but Tupperware and Mustang Bio Insiders are Buying March 19th

For trade details click on this link to the trades Company Ticker % Change MUSTANG BIO Inc MBIO 13.46% TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP TUP 9.52% TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP TUP 6.93% HC2 HOLDINGS Inc HCHC 6.84% GoHealth Inc. GOCO 5.45% GoHealth Inc. GOCO 5.45% MYERS INDUSTRIES INC MYE 4.14% CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP CCI 2.88% Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. KDP 2.52% TIPTREE Inc TIPT 1.79% COMSCORE Inc SCOR 0.01% Limoneira CO LMNR -0.75% VICI PROPERTIES Inc VICI -0.81% ORACLE CORP ORCL -1.50% APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CO AIV -3.06% TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP TUP -3.99% Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co Ltd. BHVN -7.28% Bandwidth … Read more

Everyone is talking about Tesla and not Tupperware- go figure.

For trade details click on this link to the trades MUSTANG BIO Inc up 16.35% TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP up 11.58% Asana Inc. up 3.80% CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP up 2.52% First, the market.  It definitely feels heavy to me and admittedly I’m nervous going long into tax season.  Lots of investors sold stock last year to lock in lower capital gains rates in fear of the Biden administration raising the tax rate on long-term capital gains or perhaps any gains. The first two weeks in April are tough. They usually are as people sell stock to pay for their taxes.  … Read more

Insiders are Buying Utilities -Should You? Week of March 5th 2021

For trade details click on this link to the trades EchoStar CORP up 13.60% Vistra Corp. up 8.53% EXXON MOBIL CORP up 8.30% * Multiple Buys TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC up 8.30% * Multiple Buys Cortexyme Inc. up 7.50% Vistra Corp. up 7.15% IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC up 9.44% TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC up 7.08% Hanesbrands Inc. up 6.84% Primo Water Corp up 5.39% * Multiple Buys Evergy Inc. up 4.34% Multiple Buys Wayfair Inc. up 4.229% CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC up 4.13% Multiple Buys iHeartMedia Inc. up 2.94% AGREE REALTY CORP up 2.77% Multiple Buys FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC up 2.11% ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS … Read more

‘s Golden Touch Curiosity Stream $CURI

For trade details click on this link to the trades CuriosityStream Inc. up 38.44% KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC up 11.98% GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC up 5.53 Apollo Endosurgery Inc. up 5.51% BIOGEN Inc up 4.13% UGI CORP up 3.79% Adtalem Global Education Inc. up 5.51% CALIX INC up2.94% Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. up 0.9% CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP  up 0.88% UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC down -1.33% Anthem Inc.  down -1.81% All it takes is a $million dollars sometime and a track record behind it.  Founder John Hendricks purchased 74,000 shares of Curiosity Stream at $13.50 on 2-8. By the end … Read more

Everyone is Following Insiders Now- Too Bad there is not much to Follow Week Ending 2-5-21

For trade details click on this link to the trades Now that everyone seemingly is glued to what insiders are doing, it struck me as ironic that they are doing very little.  Here are the notable buys from last week, in descending order of return: ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORP up 23.96% MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC up 9.74% ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP up 5.48% BROWN & BROWN Inc up 3.20% SCHWAB CHARLES CORP up 3.07% TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC up 1.81% CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP down -1.15%   Alliance Data Systems Corporation Director Gerspach bought 6000 shares of ADS at $68.46.  … Read more

Brutal week in the Market- Insider Buys Outperform on Average by 600%

For trade details click on this link to the trades Selecta Biosciences up 12.90% HomeStreet up 4.30% International Business Machines up 3.64% Raytheon Technologies ups 3.64% SMART Global Holdings up 1.54% Cytodyn up 0.16% Employers Holdings up 0.03% Kimberly Clark down 0.06% Ares Capital down 0.65% Pulte Group down -1.76% Crown Castle down -3.72% Universal Stainless & Alloy down 3.72% Agree Realty down 5.51%   Raging pandemic, fears of shutdowns, and the specter of a Presidential election fought in the courts or worse yet the streets-Guns and ammunitions are flying off the shelf.  If you’re for Trump, the market is … Read more

Insider Buying Week Ending November 15, 2019

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

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

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

Top stocks insiders are buying week ending Aug 4th

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