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Insider Buying Week 11-24-23 Are Investors the Turkey this Thanksgiving?

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Trying to read the tea leaves and glean some information from insider buying patterns is seldom obvious.  Directors are generally required to own a percentage of their board compensation in the company’s equity.  Generally is the right word because this is not a requirement at every company.  Investors viewing this information have to weigh it against past purchases, if any, actual board stock ownership requirements, the relative size of the purchase, and, of course, the recent price history.  Are they buying near the highs or, more typically, purchasing shares at recent lows in price? Insiders tend to be value buyers, … Read more

Insider Buying Week 11-17-23 Few Buyers Lots of Sellers

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   There are a few insider buys this week. As usual, there are a lot of sellers.    Name: Roland D Diggelmann Position: Director Transaction Date: 2023-11-13  Shares Bought: 315 Average Price Paid: $1,026.54 Cost: $323,360 Company: Mettler Toledo International Inc (MTD) Mettler Toledo International Inc. is a global leader in precision instrumentation and services. The company has strong leadership positions in most businesses and worldwide market leadership. The company is known as an innovator, and solutions are vital in key R&D, quality control, and manufacturing processes for customers in various industries, including life sciences, food, and chemicals. The sales … Read more

AT&T Insiders Buy $T and Stankey is Stinky but Discovery $DISCK and Malone might just Work

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades   The efficient market hypothesis assumes that all current information is reflected in the current price of a security. According to the EMH, stocks always trade at their fair value on exchanges, making it impossible for investors to purchase undervalued stocks or sell stocks for inflated prices. When we look at insider buying and selling,  we are examining and theorizing the possible motives of the people that know the company the best.  What information do they possess that is not already priced into the stock?   Descriptions Name: Stankey John … Read more

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

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$BK,$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

Dogs of the Dow update

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The Dogs of the Dow is one of the simplest strategies to beat the market. In 2013, it beat the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI  ) by 8.4% for a total return of 35% according to Motley Fool where I found this information. Dogs of the Dow is an investing strategy that buys and holds equal dollar amounts of the 10 highest-yielding dividend stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The strategy banks on the idea that blue-chip stocks with high yields are near the bottom of their business cycles and should do much better going forward. Investors in the … Read more

Blue Chip Is The New Alpha – Seeking Alpha

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We loved this provocative article from Seeking Alpha, especially the quote from Alexander Graham Bell.  We may be biased though as we are also long JPM,K,MSFT, INTC, MCD, PG and BP and the author, Stephen Perry, is interning for us this summer. Blue Chip Is The New AlphaJuly 30, 2012  | 3 comments  |  includes: AAPL, ABT, CL, CVX, DD, GE, IBM, JNJ, JPM, KO, MCD, MDT, MMM, MRK, MSFT, PEP, PFE, PG, T, TGT, VZ, WFC, WMT, XOMIts been difficult to find alpha in a market that is so volatile and dependent on global macro events, but I think Ive … Read more