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”’re Working this Good

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I’ve bemoaned many a time in recent days about the dearth of insider buying. It’s a clear unambiguous end to any bear market of consequence when insiders back up the truck to buy their own company’s shares.  But that so rarely happens. It happened in the Fall of 2008-2009 and in March-May 2020, but most of the time, it’s not that way. No clear signals, just noise and maybe some good guessing from the chatter. Going back and rereading these blog posts about why I thought an insider was buying and how their transactions actually played out makes great stock … Read more

More Insiders are Buying but the Selling is Relentless 3-4-22

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  Curious how well insiders are doing with their buys? Scroll the significant buys of the last year. All bear markets end in a crescendo, literally an explosion of insider buying.  I believe we are in a classic bear market.  The signposts are obvious.  Beat and raise quarters are met with yawns if not outright sell-offs. Good news is met with brief bouts of buying but soon dissipates into the underlying negative downward trend.  Of course, there are always stocks that work even in a bear market but it is much harder making money on the long side than it … Read more

Insider Buying week 12-03-21 -Let me Count the Ways I Hate SPACS

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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. I’ve been monitoring insider behavior and how it impacts stock prices for about as long as anyone out there I haven’t seen much that shocks me or changes my perception of the usefulness of this information.  Now I have.  Normally significant insider buying will put a floor on a down-trending stock.  That’s changed with SPACS.  No matter how encouraging the news is or robust the insider buying is, when you have big shareholders waiting in … Read more

Insiders See Opportunity in All Kinds of Markets, Especially Bad Ones

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Insider Buying Week Ending June 7, 2019 American Airline insiders buy stock in beaten down airline lifting price action. Waiting on large payback from Boeing 737 Max grounding.  American is incredibly cheap will have significant free cash flow.and will be a direct beneficiary of increased trade with Mexico as it flies more routes than any other airline. John Idol, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Capri Holdings goes all in fashion conglomerate holding company with luxury iconic brands, Versace, Jimmy Choo, and Michael Koors. RE/MAX Holdings disclosed that its co-founder and chairman David Liniger bought a total of 122.9K … Read more