Insider Buying Week 04-04-25 Provides No Hope for Bulls

As measured by the S&P 500, the market declined by 9.1% last week, its worst performance since the Covid crash in March 2020. And like Covid, it felt as if we were at the beginning of something ominous, unknown, and even deadly. Insider buying, which normally boosts markets confidence, was conspicuously absent due to the quarterly blackout that keeps most insiders sidelined 30 days prior to the end of their quarterly reporting period and until after they report earnings. Most insiders will not be involved in insider buying during the next two to three weeks.  No help coming from them. … Read more

Insider Buying Week 7-07-23 Does the Marlboro Man want to break up with Mary Jane?

The quarter end is normally a dead time for insider buying.  When July 4th falls in the middle of the week, it’s especially boring. There is one thing that stood out on the insider’s front. It’s a story that Reuters broke last Thursday. It was reported that Cronos (CRON)had received numerous buyout offers.  The $2 stock spiked on this news but couldn’t even hold any gains and closed Thursday at the same price or even lower than before the news broke. I find this curious. Reuters is credible. This is not some Reddit post or a firehose of idiots on … Read more

Insider Buying Week 4-21-23 Lithium Stocks Crash, Director buys more Lockheed Martin, and the Curious Case of Domo

Reuter’s headline news Friday that Chile is nationalizing the vast lithium deposits sent Albermarle and the rest of the lithium economy into a tailspin. More than half of the estimated global lithium resources are located in the salt flats of Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, much of that in Bolivia.   For the time being, lithium stocks are uninvestable. Think Casear Chavez and Chevron’s disastrous write-offs in Venezuela.  It will be interesting to see if there is any insider buying in the world’s largest public producer, Albermarle.  Perception usually trumps facts when it comes to stock market investing.  The repercussions of this … Read more