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Insider Buying Week 03-20-26 When Macro Trumps Everything

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When Macro trumps everything, does insider buying have relevance. The answer to this will only be apparent in time. My hunch is that insiders know as much about macro as anyone else. Name: Manuel J. Perez De  La MesaPosition: DirectorTransaction Date: 03-13-2026  Shares Bought: 5,000 shares an average price paid of $205.00 for a cost of $1,025,000 Company: Pool Corp. (POOL) Pool Corporation provides swimming pool supplies, equipment, related recreational, irrigation, and landscape care items in the United States as well as around the world. The company provides maintenance products such as chemicals, supplies, and pool accessories; repair and replacement … Read more

Insider Buying Week 03-13-26 Sitting on our Hands

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When the CEO-to-Seller ratio hits a 20-month high, the message is clear: Preservation is currently more important than participation. We are seeing “distribution” from institutional players to retail, and until the inflation data cools or we see a broader base of insider buying across sectors like financials and industrials, we are content to watch from the fence. The outliers are always worth a look, but for the most part, the best trade this week was no trade at all. Name: Richard H. Fearon Position: Director Transaction Date: 03-06-2026  Shares Bought: 1,000 shares an Average Price Paid of $306.34 for Cost: $306,340 … Read more

Insider Buying 03-07-25 Chaos-2.0 Treasure Hunt Continues

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CHAOS 2.0 unfolds as expected with a sharp drop in interest rates as market participants pivot from worrying about inflation to crumbling public sentiment and the likelihood of rising unemployment numbers.  February employment numbers failed to assuage the sense that the U.S. economy is about to rollover as an inconsistent implementation of tariffs, pall-knell like approach to trimming Government fat, and a clear failure to lead the electorate has created a witch’s pot of discontent.  Stocks are predictably down, the only question being is this a trend or a bottom. The jury is still out on that. As for me, … Read more

Insider Buying Week 11-22-24 Insiders buying Solar and Bitcoin is in Beast Mode

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Markets are always a choice between assets, bonds, stocks, gold, and now Bitcoin. Momentum and perception are key market factors, and have always been that way. Insider buying is now on everyone’s radar, and the small investor is paying attention. The Trump administration is even more opaque than ever, and solar energy may have to take a back seat to fossil fuels. But not this week, as Sunova insiders scored a 37% paper profit, Wolfspeed scored ~24% returns, Ameresco, and even Enphase rebounded 7%. Name: Badrinarayanan Kothandaraman Position: President & CEO Transaction Date: 2024-11-19 Shares Bought: 5,000 Average Price Paid: … Read more

Insider Buying Week 05-17-24 Biotech Bonanza

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I was a little late in finishing the blog, as there were many more names to research. Most of the quarterly earnings are behind us, and it is heartening to see that insider buying has picked up a little. Speculative biotech is heating up.   Name: F Thomson Leighton Position: Chief Executive Officer Transaction Date: 2023-05-14 Shares Bought: 22,000 Average Price Paid: $92.68 Cost: $2,038,960 Company: Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM) Akamai aims to empower and defend life online. Since 1998, Akamai has created and delivered technologies to help global businesses design, deliver, and protect their digital experiences on their widely … Read more

Insider Buying Week 6-02-23 Animal Spirits Return

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Animal spirits returned in force last week. The average insider returned 7.96% and a median return of 6.61%. The S&P 500 scorched 3.97%. The safe money crowd collecting their guaranteed 4%-5% is near the half-year point. They’ve earned a little less than their guaranteed 2%. That’s 2% for the year to date when the market just turned in twice that for a week. Fear of missing out, FOMO, is a dangerous thing.  One way to avoid that investment mistake is to pay attention to what insiders are doing. Normally they don’t chase their stocks in a FOMO moment. They are … Read more

One way this is not like 2008, Insiders are NOT Buying -Insider Buying Week 3-10-23

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This is LIKE 2008, contrary to what you may have heard about the recent Silicon Valley Bank failure.   Banks either don’t want to pay competitive deposit rates or can’t.  Competing with Fed Chairman Powel’s ~5%  treasuries is hard. Actually no banks can compete with it. Vast sums are being withdrawn from the banking system. Ironically the stock market is on the only place you will be able to compete with the yield crisis that the Fed is precipitating.  Many solid companies are paying good dividends with the likely prospect of raising them.  So tell me, how is this not like … Read more