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Tech Stocks Long Overdue Comeuppance – Insiders are the Ultimate Value Buyer

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Nothing like a thousand point drop in the Dow to remind you that stocks don’t go up forever.  Neither do insiders blindly chase their stock price higher.  Just the opposite. They are the ultimate “value” buyer. Tech crashed and burned last week all because an impulsive Japanese billionaire, Masayoshi Son, gambled $45 billion in call options on big tech names. At least that’s what they’d like you to believe.  According to traders, there have been mammoth options trades that include buying call options on stocks like Amazon.com Inc., Adobe Inc., Netflix Inc., Facebook Inc. Microsoft Corp, generating chatter across Wall Street.The following companies … Read more

The Best August since 1984 but Insider Buying Slows Down Some

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The following companies had large insider buying last week.  We are digging in to see what they see. For timely updates, follow us on Twitter. Pacific Ethanol Inc  PEIX Director Gilbert bought 72,800 shares at $3.55.  Ethanol has been a perennial bad investment but that seems to be changing.  Two things are shaking up the dynamics; the coronavirus has created unprecedented demand for alcohol based sanitizer and the prospects of a Democratic environmentally focused administration will increase the use of bio-fuels.  Even Archer Daniels ADM Director bought 11,100 shares at $44.75. PIEX is the leading producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels in … Read more