More Insiders are Buying but the Selling is Relentless 3-4-22

  Curious how well insiders are doing with their buys? Scroll the significant buys of the last year. All bear markets end in a crescendo, literally an explosion of insider buying.  I believe we are in a classic bear market.  The signposts are obvious.  Beat and raise quarters are met with yawns if not outright sell-offs. Good news is met with brief bouts of buying but soon dissipates into the underlying negative downward trend.  Of course, there are always stocks that work even in a bear market but it is much harder making money on the long side than it … Read more

Worried about Empty Holiday Shelves? Not at your local Cannabis Dispensary-Insider Buying week 11-12-21

Curious how well insiders are doing with their buys? Click on this link or image above to scroll the significant buys of the last year. The game changes this week. Earnings restricted blackouts are winding down as most companies have now reported the 3rd quarter.  Insider buying ramped considerably and you should have a lot of fun reading this week’s blog post. There are a lot of tea leaves to pick through.  Insiders don’t explain the logic of their big purchases.  We have to let the dollars speak for themselves and we can only imagine what they are saying. Add … Read more

Insider Buys Week of April 2nd 2021

For trade details click on this link to the trades Company Ticker GTY Technology Holdings Inc. GTYH You Harry L. Director 10% Owner 61.83% Designer Brands Inc. DBI SCHOTTENSTEIN JAY L Chairman 10% Owner 21.37% Designer Brands Inc. DBI Schottenstein Joseph A. Director 20.34% Green Brick Partners Inc. GRBK Brandler Harry Director 12.61% RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS Inc RYTM Meeker David P CEO 10.26% CASI Pharmaceuticals Inc. CASI He Wei-Wu CEO Chairman 9.76% APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CO AIV CONSIDINE TERRY Director 9.71% Epizyme Inc. EPZM MOTT DAVID M Director 8.23% REV Group Inc. REVG Rushing Rodney M CEO 6.95% RENT A … Read more

Insider Buying Picks Up- Week Ending 5-15-20

Insider buying picked up this week across several depressed sectors like insurance,  small regional banks,  gaming, furniture, REITS, building products, restaurants and retailers, automotive and motorcycle and utility stocks. The buy of the week is property and casualty California auto insurer, Mercury General MCY.  Chairman of the Board George Joseph continued accumulating stock with $15 million of stock purchases at an average price of $35.95. MCY is down from it’s high this year of $52.  MCY yields 6.65%. People are driving less and insurance claim losses are down  as a result of that. Offsetting this, reinvestment rates on bond portfolios … Read more