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Insider Buying Week 7-07-23 Does the Marlboro Man want to break up with Mary Jane?

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The quarter end is normally a dead time for insider buying.  When July 4th falls in the middle of the week, it’s especially boring. There is one thing that stood out on the insider’s front. It’s a story that Reuters broke last Thursday. It was reported that Cronos (CRON)had received numerous buyout offers.  The $2 stock spiked on this news but couldn’t even hold any gains and closed Thursday at the same price or even lower than before the news broke. I find this curious. Reuters is credible. This is not some Reddit post or a firehose of idiots on … Read more

Notable Insider Buying Week Ending 12-20-19

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CB Duncan continues to amass sizable buys of Enterprise Products Partners, LP.  This midstream oil and gas operator  yields 6.29%. This seems like a buy in a low yield world but bear in mind, several MLPs  in this space yield double digits and have sizable insider buying as well. If you believe the combustion engine will be replaced by EVs in the next 10 years, don’t buy these MLPs. I for one don’t believe the market appreciates the complexity and cost of making lithium batteries. A director bought $1.28 million of peer Energy Transfer Partners at $12.79 per share, yielding … Read more

Large number of RSI divergences today

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We had very positive technical signs go off on a number of portfolio positions today.  We also had bearish divergences go off in a few positions we recently initiated small short positions. I have written at length on RSI divergence as one of the few technical indicators I find useful.   Divergence the best technical indicator.   The following positions all showed bullish or bearish RSI divergences today:       Bullish RSI Divergence NAV Navistar at $51.89 INTC Intel at $21.01 IO ION Geophysical Corporation at $8.03 TMV Direxion 30 YR Treasury Bear 3X at $34.32  (note this has … Read more