Insider Buying Week 11-14-25 the Busiest Week of the Year

This was the busiest week we’ve seen this year for insider buying. You hear a lot about what a great year the market is having but the buyers of these stocks would vehemently disagree.  There are 61 buys we are monitoring and 55 of them are in negative territory for the year. Insiders are the consummate value buyer, preferring to invest in their own company’s stock when it is on sale.  Sometimes that might be taking a bullet for the team or trying to paint the tape.  But when they buy in size with their own money, it’s likely they … Read more

Insider Buying Week 11-07-25 the Printing Press seems more like a Weighing Machine

Last week was a bit rough. The S&P 500 lost 1.63% and the Nasdaq tumbled 2.94%. It felt a bit like the magic was over.  Warren Buffett said the stock market was a weighing machine but in recent months it seemed more like a printing press. That changed last week. It’s hardly a surprise, though. The equal weighted index has been underperforming since August. The average stock chart looks like crap.   Is it a breather or something more malign? Insiders are the classic dip buyer.  Will they bite now that the earnings season blackout is lifting? Name: Sameh Fahmy Position: DirectorTransaction … Read more

Insider Buying Week 06-07-24 It Only Takes One or Two Good Ideas to Make your Portfolio

It’s that familiar time of year again when insiders are blocked from transacting in their own stock. The posts will be light for the next few weeks as companies on the calendar year prepare to report Q2 earnings. The blackout period is also ripe for short sellers to make bear raids, knowing that a swarm of insider buying will not counter them. Nonetheless, it only takes one or two good investments to make your portfolio a winner. I’m highly confident we have that this week. Making money in the market is all about investors with conviction taking money from those … Read more

Insider Buying Week 05-24-24 Dead and Company Two Mindbending Ideas from the Sphere

If you haven’t been to the Sphere in Vegas, go now. It’s a marvel, and probably no better way to show it off with a light show from the Dead & Company, now playing at the Sphere.  Not a lot of new pieces to the insider board game puzzle, and the clues are never perfect, but they keep coming.  I got two mind-bending ideas out of this week, so that’s a mission accomplished.  You’ll have to slog through some of this like I did before you get to the mindbending. Name: Wallace R Weitz Position: Director Transaction Date: 2023-05-21 Shares … Read more