Warning Insider Earnings Plays Can Be Hazardous to your Health Week 10-18-19

WARNING- BUYING STOCKS BEFORE EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS CAN BE ESPECIALLY RISKY. Stocks have outsized moves on earnings. We analyze these companies carefully where large insider buys might provide some insight. Insiders sell stock for many reasons, but they generally buy for just one – to make money. THE INSIDERS FUND invests in companies at or near prices that management has been willing to invest significant amounts of their own money in.  After all, who knows a business better than the people running it?  You’ve always heard the best information is inside information.  This is as close to “insider information” that an … Read more

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Directors of Philip Morris International (PM) have made the biggest open-market purchases—both in dollar value and in share volume—by company insiders since 2013. The purchases come weeks after the stock was stubbed out. We have a big position in it for a trade. Stock is yielding a healthy 5.29% at today’s closing price of $81.04.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image media=”18234″ media_width_percent=”50″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Top Stocks Insiders are Buying and Unloading Week ending October 27th

$BK,$MRVL,$PM,$PNFP,$GS,$CVTI,$TACO,$T,$LMT,$MAA,$CLDR In this report we examine stocks that C-level officers and directors  bought and sold ending the week of September 22nd, 2017.  Insiders sell stock for a variety of reasons but they generally buy for just one, to make money.  We only look at material amounts of money, $100k or more, as anything less could be window dressing.  The bar is different on selling as the natural state of management is to be sellers.  Most companies provide significant amounts of their compensation packages as stock. Therefore we analyze selling for unusual patterns; such as insider selling 25% or more of … Read more

‘s Focus Growth Fund: A Brief Analysis

by: Dr. Osman Gulseven In a recent article, I discussed the top holdings in Morgan Stanley’s portfolio. According the latest 13F filings, Morgan Stanley’s (MS) year-to-date performance was mediocre and below the S&P 500 (SPY) return. The investment banks mutual funds have been lagging behind the market since the last decade. The mediocre performance of investment banks portfolio shows that they take hard-earned money and invest in under-performing assets. They also charge management fees and hidden costs such as front-end/back-end loads, plus commissions you never heard of. Some companies charge up to 3% in management expenses. I was checking which funds … Read more