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Insider Buying Week 10-13-23 The Black Swan has been Spotted

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The market bounced off deeply sold, technically oversold conditions.  Now we’re in earnings season, and much if not everything, will hinge on that. Of course, a broadening war is on everyone’s mind. There’s no way the Fed will raise interest rates with all the geopolitical and domestic political angst. It remains to be seen if any insiders buy this market. I suspect some buying from deeply wounded sectors like utilities and REITs but not much else. You can be an insider, too– by clicking here Name: Vlad Coric Position: Chief Executive Officer Transaction Date: 2023-10-05 Shares Bought: 454,545 Average Price … Read more

Massive Insider Buy in Selecta Biosciences $SLB and other Notable Buys Week Ending October 23, 2020

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For trade details click on this link to the trades Selecta Biosciences up 23.20% Carnival Corp up 9.32% Del Taco Restaurants up 8.61% CITIGROUP up -0.32%   Director Timothy Springer has been on a buying binge with Selecta Biosciences.  This past week alone, Springer purchased 1,887,696 shares at an average price of $2.30 and 3,644,692 shares at $2.62 per share.  Between these two buys he shelled out $13.89 Million.  That’s on top of the $6 million he spent the prior week buying shares between $1.77-$1.99 a piece. So he more than doubled down on this buy and paid as much … Read more

Fog of coronavirus war; where is the insider buying?

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They say we are in a war with Covid-19. Like most wars there is a lack of quality information. We look closely at insiders to gauge the health of corporate America. There is this narrative that insiders are buyer. That’s a false narrative. I don’t see it. Maybe it’s earnings blackout, maybe it’s the sharp off the bottom rally since March 25th, or maybe they are just deer frozen in the headlights like the rest of us.  You decide. PICK OF THE WEEK Carnival Cruise Lines Thursday April 9th 2020 SMPL Simply Good Foods Dir Ghez bought 30,000 at $16.32. This … Read more

‘s Insider Buys

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Odonate ODT’s Chairman and CEO Kevin Tang has made open market purchases of more than $36 million in so far this June, including $10 million on the spot secondary at the highest price his paid all year.   This is a bet the farm investment but seems to be validated by the market as ODT stock has more than tripled this year. Three insiders buy AbbVie after Wall Street choked on their purchase of Allergan.  Do two out of favor big pharma companies add up to 4? Wall Street certainly doesn’t think so. Carnival Cruise CEO Donald Arnold bought just under … Read more

‘s Roundtable

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This weekend Barron’s roundtable member, Brian Rogers, plugged our largest holding, CCL.  If it gets the bounce we expect Monday, we’ll probably lighten up a little as we have an outsized position. When asked about his next pick ” Where are you moving?             Someplace controversial. Carnival  [CCL] is a leading cruise-ship operator battered by a series of accidents and self-inflicted operating snafus, beginning with the Costa Concordia‘s capsizing in Italy in 2012. Recently, there have been malfunctions of water/sanitary and engine-power systems on several cruises. There are few companies with worse PR and press coverage. The stock has dropped by 12% … Read more