Insider Buying 02-21-25 Welcome to Chaos 2.0

I refer to the first Trump administration as Chaos 1.0.  Many good things can come from disruption but generally the markets like predictability and order. It was only a worldwide pandemic that upstaged the near constant firing and turnover in the Administration.   It was the real-world political version of the popular reality TV show, The Apprentice.  According to the Brookings Institute, Trump’s A team turnover from year to year was 92%, far higher than any of the last six Presidents. Now what will be next? Worldwide war and the collapse of the post-World War II order?  Or as Donald Trump … Read more

Insider Buying Week 9-7-22 The Seesaw was Heavy on the Short Side

Curious how well insiders are doing with their buys? Scroll through the blog posts and see for yourself Last week, the market reversed its sour mood with a thunderous rally propelling the S&P 500 by 3.52%. Our insider buys did even better, notching an average of 5.73% returns. Heavily shorted stock, no matter how poor their prospects doubled that. It was the classic case of everybody on the same side of the seesaw.  In keeping with the old adage, the market will figure out how to screw most people most of the time.   Name: Robert J Mylod Jr Position: … Read more

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

  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

Insiders are Buying Utilities -Should You? Week of March 5th 2021

For trade details click on this link to the trades EchoStar CORP up 13.60% Vistra Corp. up 8.53% EXXON MOBIL CORP up 8.30% * Multiple Buys TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC up 8.30% * Multiple Buys Cortexyme Inc. up 7.50% Vistra Corp. up 7.15% IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC up 9.44% TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC up 7.08% Hanesbrands Inc. up 6.84% Primo Water Corp up 5.39% * Multiple Buys Evergy Inc. up 4.34% Multiple Buys Wayfair Inc. up 4.229% CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC up 4.13% Multiple Buys iHeartMedia Inc. up 2.94% AGREE REALTY CORP up 2.77% Multiple Buys FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC up 2.11% ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS … Read more

Insider buys were up 9.22% versus the S&P 500 up 2.16% for Week Ending November 13th

For trade details click on this link to the trades Integer Holdings Corp up 19.94% ViewRay Inc. up 20.92% Camping World Holdings Inc. up 14.05% Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. up 12.94% Aon plc up 9.64% CALIX INC up 9.59% BlackRock Capital Investment Corp up 8.98% PARSONS CORP up 9.29% LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP up 6.63% GREEN DOT CORP up 4.80% Vishay Precision Group Inc. up 5.37% ASSURANT Inc up 4.47% VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC up 3.75% TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP up 3.49% Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. up 4.14% Hanesbrands Inc. up 1.73% NEW RELIC Inc up 1.02% LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP down -0.57% … Read more