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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 02-07-25 The Frenzy Underneath Continues

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Screw theVIX, its become irrelvant until it doesn’. and it certainly doesn’t seem to matter now.The market did not look pretty last week, and Friday’s consumer sentiment confirmed it.  People poll and say that want change but they don’t seem to want change fast. That’s why companies staying private r have more freedom to enact bold management, strategic, or financial maneuvers.  We already know that markets don’t like uncertainty. Why should we think consumers want anything different? Name: Inge G Thulin Position: Director Transaction Date: 2-06-2025 Shares Bought: 2,833 shares an Average Price Paid of $88.25 for Cost: $250,000 Name: … Read more

‘s 10% Ginnie Maes, right in front of our noses

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I wish I had a nickel, no maybe $10,000 for every time I heard someone say,” I wish I had bought those 10% Ginnie Mae bonds back in the day…”  (GNMA Bonds are guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government) Well, that Ginnie Mae may still be here, staring us right in the face in the oil and gas and particularly MLP market.  Many MLPs in the oil and gas infrastructure business are selling with yields from 8.5%-15%  No, it’s not guaranteed but then again interest rates aren’t at near 0% either.  We put together a … Read more

Two curious large insider buys Vocus and Murhpy Oil

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Often times, the reasons’ insiders buy their stocks are not readily apparent.  Take the case of Vocus, a social media marketing platform company.  Admittedly their product offering is really sexy and provides the first dashboard reasonably priced to manage small to even large company’s social and web marketing efforts.  Yet in February 2012, the company payed an enormous amount for iContact, an email list management company.  The back of the envelope calculation is they payed over $2000 per subscriber which was a grossly negligent price to pay.  The market punished the stock dropping it 40% in value that same day. … Read more

Best Hedge Against Rising Oil Prices: Part 1

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by: Dr. Osman Gulseven After the UN resolution on no-fly zone in Libya, the coalition forces just launched an almost full-scale operation on Libya. I was watching Euronews to get latest updates on the Libyan crises. Obviously, this is not a single operation that will last for a couple of days. Libya is on fire! We might see a full-scale war in Libya that will last for weeks or months or even years. After learning a smart lesson in Iraq, France is trying to lead the coalition forces with 20 aircraft and a number of warships. Gaddafi’s spokesman said that … Read more