Insider Buying Week 11-21-25 AI Bubble Bursting or Buying Opportunity

Volatility isn’t just knocking—it kicked the door down. It had been building gradually, fueled by a series of confidence-shaking events: government shutdown fears, air travel restrictions, Fed dot-plot uncertainty, and persistent warnings of an AI bubble. Last week, that pressure finally exploded like a Yellowstone geyser. The market boogeyman came out of the closet, bringing a 1,000-point Dow reversal that spiked the VIX. While pundits offer endless explanations, this sell-off looks like a classic delayed reaction to Nvidia’s earnings. The rout was most intense in AI and Crypto—with Bitcoin shedding 12.9% and the Nasdaq down 2.7%. Meanwhile, the broader market … Read more

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

The Insiders Fund Not So Daily Podcast | Insider Buying

Insider Buying Week 08-15-25 The Insider Buying Spigot Opened

  The insider buying spigot opened a bit wider this week, but don’t mistake activity for conviction. Yes, we saw some heavyweight swings—Jared Isaacman dropping $16.3 million on Shift4 Payments and Amrize’s freshly-minted CEO Jan Jenisch betting $23.3 million on his construction materials spinoff. These aren’t lunch money purchases. But here’s what gnaws at me: in a world hypnotized by AI’s insatiable appetite for data centers and energy infrastructure, are we witnessing genuine bottom-fishing or just executives with more money than sense? Eli Lilly’s triumvirate of buyers—Ricks, Fyrwald, and Skovronsky—collectively dropped $2.7 million around $640 per share. That’s either supreme … Read more

Insider Buying Week 05-23-25

The busiest week we’ve seen in some time.  In fact, it’s so busy that I would venture to say that a short-term bottom is in and there is a more room to the upside.  It’s basically all in now and I don’t often make a call like that. Name: Michael Thomas Miller Position: Executive VP & CFO Transaction Date: 05-16-2025  Shares Bought: 2,750 shares an Average Price Paid of $165.27 for Cost: $454,481 Company: Installed Building Products Inc. (IBP): Installed Building Products, Inc. primarily offers insulation installation services to residential and commercial builders across the continental United States. In addition … Read more

The Insiders Fund Not So Daily Podcast | Insider Buy Sell Ratio

Insider Buying Week 05-16-25 The Best Insider Buy/Sell Ratio in a Year

  The busiest week we’ve seen in some time.  In fact, it’s so busy that I would venture to say that a short-term bottom is in and there is a more room to the upside.  It’s basically all in now and I don’t often make a call like that. Of course, we won’t know that for months, but this is the most bullish Insider Buy/Sell Ratio in a year.  At least it gives us a lot to ponder. There are a lot of compelling insider buys this week.  As usual insiders are value buyers, preferring to buy their stocks nearer … Read more

Insider Buying Week 09-13-24 Stock Merry Go Round

The stock market had its best week since November 2023, immediately after its worst week of the year. The market is now spitting distance from where it ended the month of August.  Lately, the market has been on a merry-go-round. Trading is killing buy-and-hold, but one week, two weeks, or even two years doesn’t make great hedge fund managers or investors wizards. It’s fun when you win, and it beats watching network TV in a swing state these days. They said it all comes down to the 500,000 undecided voters in the seven states that will determine the Presidential election … Read more

Spooky September Crushes the Market Insider Buying Week 09-06-24

So far, September is living up to its reputation as the cruelest month in the market, and it’s just week one.  The S&P 500 ended the week down 4 out of five days for the worst week since March 2023, the week Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. If you remember, the regional banking market was holding on by a thread until the Federal Reserve and Treasury changed the rules. It allowed banks unfettered liquidity, staving off a run on the entire banking industry, which would have forced many banks to take actual marks on their long-duration, underwater government bonds. That would … Read more

Insider Buying Week 05-31-24 The Pace is Quickening- there is a bit of a Frantic Frenzy

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.  I got two mind-bending ideas from last week, so that’s a mission accomplished. Biohaven insiders continue to buy challenging the naysayers. Several insiders are bottom fishing this week, and we’re going to do a quick dive into it. Remember this is my personal notebook I am sharing and am under no obligation to discuss any purchases or sales. Do your own research and … Read more

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Insider Buying -Interest rates may have peaked but the damage to earnings is just beginning

Market gains are muted, and traders are quick to snatch profits.  Rallies are reversed almost daily as market direction is indecisive.  By many measures, bargains in the stock market are hard to come by.  The earnings yield of the S&P 500 is 3.98%, and the P.E. is historically on the low side.  Earnings surprises are met with a sell-the-news trading mentality.  The economy is showing signs of stalling, yet the Fed has made it clear, that if rate hikes are near the end of the cycle, high-interest rates will be here for quite a while.  10% car loans and 7.3% … Read more