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Insider Buying Week 12-15-23 Glad to See some Big Names and Big Dollars Returning to the Insider Buying Game

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While some stocks like the Magnificent Seven have had a phenomenal comeback year, many, many companies are depressed in value. We have no shortage of compelling investment ideas, but getting people to invest when values are low is the opposite of human nature. Paying particular attention to significant insider buying is one way to force that discipline on yourself. When not painting the tape or participating in required corporate ownership requirements, insiders are historically value buyers.  This week, we highlight what we think are notable buys. Although we pay attention to selling, we don’t write about this far more nuanced … Read more

Insider Buying Week 4-1-22 Beaten Down Biotech Enough is Enough

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  Curious how well insiders are doing with their buys? Scroll the significant buys of the last year.   We are fully in the nether world of earnings blackout.  It’s difficult anytime to discern the mood of corporate America but the period thirty days prior to and one day after quarterly earnings release are deliberately void of any communication about the health of a public company’s business. It’s the blackout period. Not as sexy as a black hole but nonetheless filled with mischieve and potential danger. I’ve asked my friend Dan Taylor of Wharton Forensics Lab and Frank from SECForm4.com … Read more

Merry XMAS Money Never Sleeps 12-24-21 It looks like a New Day at Ford Motor

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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. It’s a holiday-shortened week and it’s the 2nd to last week of the year. All companies that report on the quarterly calendar schedule are in a full-blown earnings blackout. No officers, directors, or 10% shareholders are buying and selling unless they’ve done it through one of the increasingly duplicitous 10b5-1 plans that regulators are beginning to scrutinize. Besides is there really much to get excited about?  Stock prices, real estate prices, and all matter of … Read more

Insider Buying week 12-17-21

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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. Microsoft dipped 0.3% Friday, bringing its weekly decline to nearly 5.5%. Alphabet and Apple fell more than 4%. A handful of tech stocks have been propelling the major averages all year and it’s only natural to see some profit-taking.  I tried to borrow some ARKK stock but there was none available to short. Betting against Infinite multiples has been the most reliable trade of the last month. There was somewhat of a short squeeze on … Read more

A Few Insider Buys in some Beleaguered Stocks Week Ending May 9th 2020

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Private prison operator GEO Geo Group CEO Anthony Quinn continues to buy stock in this out of favor REIT play yielding an astounding 16.7% on Friday’s close. In the most recent 10Q the Company stated that Covid-19 pandemic adds a material concern to the financials. I think the stock reflects that with its yield. On March 24th they were rewarded  with a five year 90-100,000 participant contract with U.S. immigration services.  This $2.8 million purchase at $11.31 is the latest in large buys. He bought $1.2 Million on 3/12 at $11.65 and $8.5 million at $16.58 on 2-24-20. The stock … Read more

Notable Insider Buying Week Ending November 1,2019

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It’s really quiet on the Western Front when it comes to insider buying.  American Airlines insiders continue to buy. James Clemmer CEO of AngioDynamics bought a small amount on a poor earnings showing. This might be window dressing. Richard Kinder keeps on amassing KMI.  Why not? If you were the billionaire namesake, you would know the 5% dividend is money in the bank. I like the Lilly buy. If you can grab stock near that price you will probably do well. FedEx is bold; the biggest director buy and the first for  board member Edwardson since 2008. As a rule, … Read more

‘s Getting Interesting- Insider Buying Picks Up Week Ending 8-9-19

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After weeks of dull action, insider buying has finally picked up. Part of it is the end of 2nd Quarter earnings blackout and part of it is the market sell-off.  The highlights: Charlie Egren, the founder of Dish, is making a massive bet on 5G, buying assets in the pending TMobile Sprint network and committing billions to buy more bandwidth.  Its a bet the farm expensive gamble on a player late to the game.  But if the competing networks are slow in getting 5G rolled out, Dish might be able to lumber in and get a piece of the future … Read more