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Insider Buying Picks Up Dramatically Week 8-06-21

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades.  Name Sachs Bruce I Position: Director Shares Bought: 15,000 Average Price Paid: $197.91, Cost: $2,968,650 Company: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRTX) Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. The company has multiple approved medicines that treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF) – a rare, life-threatening genetic disease – and has several ongoing clinical and research programs in CF. Beyond CF, Vertex has a robust pipeline of investigational small molecule medicines in other serious diseases where it has … Read more

Insider Buying week 7-30-21 Another Boring Week of Lackluster Buying

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades.  Another boring week but three insiders are worth taking a look at.  This post will examine the few hardy souls that stepped up and bought their company’s stock and the reasons why. Archer Daniels seems particularly enticing. Name: Schneider Ryan M Position: Director Shares Bought: 1,300, Average Price Paid: $384.36, Cost: $499,668 Company: Anthem Inc. (ANTM) Anthem, Inc., is a provider of health insurance in the United States. It is the largest for-profit managed health care company in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. As of 2018, the company had … Read more

Corrected Insider Buying week 7-23-21

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades.  Sorry about the last post. It got out before I could review obvious errors.  It’s the Summer and everyone wants to get out of town on a hot Friday afternoon.  The S&P was up 1.96% for the week.  New index highs are the norm but there was scant insider buying.  Corporate officers and directors brazenly unloaded hundreds of $millions dollars worth of company stock during the earnings blackout period, shielded by the loophole that 10b5-1 provides. This post will examine the few hardy souls that stepped up and bought their … Read more

Insiders Unloading Stock before Earnings Continued Week 7-24-21

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Insiders Selling Stock Click on the spreadsheet above to see earnings release dates This may look a lot like last week’s post. You won’t’ see much in the way of insider buying this month with the quarter just ended for most public companies. Almost all insiders are subject to blackout rules which can vary from company to company but generally at least 30 days before earnings and sometimes up to 45 days, insiders are prohibited from buying and selling their own stock unless they do it by the giant loophole that the SEC has allowed them, known as the 10b5-1 … Read more

Insiders Unloading Stock before Earnings

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Insiders Selling Stock   You won’t’ see much in the way of insider buying this month with the quarter just ended for most public companies. Almost all insiders are subject to blackout rules which can vary from company to company but generally at least 30 days before earnings and sometimes up to 45 days, insiders are prohibited from buying and selling their own stock unless they do it by the giant loophole that the SEC has allowed them, known as the 10b5-1 plan. It’s always hard to read much into selling as people sell the stock for a variety of … Read more

Pathetic Amount of Insider Buying week 7-16-21

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades.  The S&P was down 1% for the week and the only insider worth mentioning, GBX, was down 5%.  New index highs are the norm but there was scant insider buying.  Corporate officers and directors brazenly unloaded hundreds of $millions dollars worth of company stock during the earnings blackout period, shielded by the loophole that 10b5-1 provides. This post will examine the few hardy souls that stepped up and bought their company’s stock. All Posts Name: Furman William A Position: CEO Chairman Shares Bought: 100,000, Average Price Paid: $43.08, Cost: $4,307,659 … Read more

Few Insiders are Buying during Earnings Black Out

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades.  The S&P was up 1.84% for the week on top of last week’s 2% run.  New index highs are the norm but there was scant insider buying.  Corporate officers and directors brazenly unloaded hundreds of $millions dollars worth of company stock during the earnings blackout period, shielded by the loophole that 10b5-1 provides. This post will examine the few hardy souls that stepped up and bought their company’s stock.   Name: Staglin Garen K Position: Director Shares Bought: 2,500, Average Price Paid: $107.12  Cost: $267,800 Company: ExlService Holdings Inc. (EXLS) … Read more

‘s ,You Should ask the SEC where they Were?

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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?     Name: Moskovitz Dustin A … Read more

Insider Buying week 6-18-21

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades  All the talking heads made fools of themselves last week.  Powel said the economy was doing great; the Dow plummeted, its worst week since October of last year. The market marched in lockstep, giving up on the cyclical recovery trade, hammering banks, energy, material sectors, and lifted the neglected technology growth sector. The Fed said they got it that inflation was running hotter than they thought, and they might tweak interest rates higher a wee bit sooner.  Instead of interest rates going up, long-term interest rates plummeted, and the yield … Read more

Insider Buying this Week $EGHT 8X8 Inc.has $1 Million Conviction Insider Buy

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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? Name: Mcguire Terrance Position: Director Shares … Read more

Cigar Butts beat Premium Brands-1st Week of Summer $SCOR up 20%

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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? Name: Gotlieb Irwin Position: Director Shares … 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

Cutera, a great reopening play but were not chasing $CUTR- Is it time to Bloom Again? Buy $BE

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades A few names from last week’s insider buys stand out.  Insider buying/selling ratios are improving a bit as well. We are always on the lookout for beaten-up sectors in the market that start attracting insider buying. Last year between June and September regional bank insiders were buying their shares hand over fist. That turned out to be one of the best buying opportunities in this beaten-down sector.   The regional bank ETF KRE has beaten the S&P 500 by nearly 50% points during the last year. Last week we see two … Read more

Insiders Trounce the Market Week May 14th and a Bold Theme Insiders Uncover

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades GREENHILL & CO INC up 11.57% AVIS BUDGET GROUP Inc up 9.37% GoPro Inc. up 8.21% Elanco Animal Health Inc up 7.27% Energy Transfer LP up 6.13% CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC up 6.11% Gogo Inc. up 4.90% TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP up 4.56% Vistra Corp. up 4.46% AMERISAFE INC up 4.34% CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC up 3.99% Vistra Corp. up 3.87% Green Brick Partners Inc. up 3.71% Garrett Motion Inc. up 2.66% BANC OF CALIFORNIA Inc up1.77% American Assets Trust Inc. up 1.69% GoPro Inc. up 0.95% Activision Blizzard Inc. down 1.81%   … Read more

Insiders are Nibling- Notable Insider Buy Trupanion TRUP Week ending May 7th

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS Inc up13.46% B. Riley Financial Inc. up 11.29% RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS Inc up 9.51% Adtalem Global Education Inc. up 8.37% ELI LILLY & Co up 6.88% PQ Group Holdings Inc. up 6.14% Mayville Engineering Company Inc. up 6.13% TRAVELZOO up 5.50% TRUPANION Inc up 4.62% AMPHENOL CORP up 3.32% INTEL CORP up 2.98% Armstrong Flooring Inc. up 5.58% ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP UP 1.37% American Assets Trust Inc. up 0.95% MASIMO CORP down 3.22% After weeks of near senescence, insiders are nibbling at their own stock. The … Read more

Where have all the flowers gone?-Oh when will they ever learn, oh when will they ever learn?

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades Peter Paul and Marry were singing about something much more profane than insiders buying their own stock, but then again, were they? Pete Seeger may have written the lyrics but the tune is all the same. Don’t let anybody kid you, the two most important things in most people’s lives are their health and their money.  They generally don’t give a damn about their health until they lose it.  So it really boils down to their money.  Paying attention to what insiders are doing with their own money is the … Read more

The Insider Buying Great Vanishing Act Week Ending April 23

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For trade details click on this link to the trades Are we the only ones talking about how insiders have taken their chips off the board? This is the smallest amount of insider buying we have seen since 2016.  Just looking back at my records, the S&P 500 was up 11.96% that year.  Consider the S&P 500 is already up 12%, which doesn’t auger well for the remainder of the year. It’s hard not to get enthusiastic about a market making new highs, low-interest rates, the most dovish Fed Chairman in history, the 2nd most dovish at the Treasury, and … Read more

1st Quarter 2021 Partner Letter

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The Insiders Fund 1st quarter 2021 Partner letter is available to interested parties on our website at https://insomniachedge.com/partner-letters . It was a fun quarter, a great time to be invested.  The Insiders Fund was up 0.80% for March 2021 while the S&P 500 returned 4.26%. The Insiders Fund was up 28.41% for the 1st quarter versus 6.17% for the benchmark. For the trailing 12 months, we returned 136.97% ( after all fees and expenses) versus the S&P 500 up 56.35% (includes dividends). If you’ve been on the fence contemplating investing in The Insiders Fund, the letter gives you an intimate … Read more

Live Webinar Monday April 19th 6:00PM The Insiders Guide to Shredding the Markets

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I’m spilling the beans, the secret sauce during this live webinar. Everything I’ve learned in over twenty years of trading the markets including how we just earned 92% in 92 days in a diversified portfolio. Every question will be answered in the time permitted or by a follow-up email. I guarantee you that there will be something for everyone, beginner or the most sophisticated- this will be a live educational event you won’t want to miss. Click on the Image Above to Register for the Event or go to https://events.marketsmarttoday.com/webinar-apr-19-linkedin/ Lots of great stuff here are just a few of … Read more

Don’t wait for the Happy Ending-Insiders are Unloading Way too much Stock

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For trade details click on this link to the trades   We’ve been talking about how insiders are restricted from buying because of the quarterly earnings blackout period.  That sure hasn’t stopped them from selling, making a farce out of the SEC’s measures to protect the public investor from the officers, directors, and 10% or more shareholders that are considered to be privy to special inside information. Rather than rail about the inequities we face, we prefer to take the world as it’s given to us and try to make the best of it.  This week is downright ugly.  Of … Read more

Insider Buying Week Ending April 9th- Market making new highs without help from insiders

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For trade details click on this link to the trades % Trade Date Company Ticker Change Applied Molecular Transport Inc. AMTI 16.50% DELCATH SYSTEMS Inc DCTH 7.07% JOANN Inc. JOAN 4.49% REPUBLIC SERVICES Inc RSG 4.13% Howard Hughes Corp HHC 2.85% Science Applications International Corp SAIC 1.04% TCW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND INC TSI 0.07% TCW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND INC TSI 0.05% GREIF INC GEF -1.45% There was very little insider buying of note this last week.  If you rule out the almost daily offerings of new  SPACS which are for the most part future mediocre to poor investments by self-dealing … Read more

Insider Buys Week of April 2nd 2021

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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 Disappears but it may not mean anything due to Earnings Black Out

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For trade details click on this link to the trades Thryv Holdings Inc. THRY 31.92% Veritiv Corp VRTV 9.07% Advantage Solutions Inc. ADV 8.72% Advantage Solutions Inc. ADV 6.96% Limoneira CO LMNR 6.71% APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CO AIV 3.59% Limoneira CO LMNR 1.58% Most people have never heard of these companies.  That’s where we are at in this cycle. That’s not a good sign for the overall market returns. When the companies you’ve heard of are not buying their own stock, it means they don’t see much value- or it’s flat in the middle of the quarterly earnings blackout … Read more

Market Posts a Down Week but Tupperware and Mustang Bio Insiders are Buying March 19th

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For trade details click on this link to the trades Company Ticker % Change MUSTANG BIO Inc MBIO 13.46% TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP TUP 9.52% TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP TUP 6.93% HC2 HOLDINGS Inc HCHC 6.84% GoHealth Inc. GOCO 5.45% GoHealth Inc. GOCO 5.45% MYERS INDUSTRIES INC MYE 4.14% CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP CCI 2.88% Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. KDP 2.52% TIPTREE Inc TIPT 1.79% COMSCORE Inc SCOR 0.01% Limoneira CO LMNR -0.75% VICI PROPERTIES Inc VICI -0.81% ORACLE CORP ORCL -1.50% APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CO AIV -3.06% TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP TUP -3.99% Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co Ltd. BHVN -7.28% Bandwidth … Read more

What Insiders Bought Week of March 12th 2021

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For trade details click on this link to the trades GAIA INC up 31.42% Blue Apron Holdings Inc. up 18.96% ADT Inc. up 16.72% NetApp Inc. up 9.34% IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC up 9.06% Morphic Holding Inc. up 8.80% TENNECO INC up 8.63% Texas Pacific Land Corp up 4.59% PARKER HANNIFIN CORP up 4.25% NEWS CORP up 3.49% Walmart Inc. up 3.46% Forian Inc. up 3.31% Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc. up 2.98% LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP up 2.37% CERNER Corp up 0.18% Kinsale Capital Group Inc. up 0.17% PLx Pharma Inc. up -0.25% Archer-Daniels-Midland Co -0.26% MICROSOFT CORP -0.44% INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS Inc … Read more

Insiders are Buying Utilities -Should You? Week of March 5th 2021

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For trade details click on this link to the trades EchoStar CORP up 13.60% Vistra Corp. up 8.53% EXXON MOBIL CORP up 8.30% * Multiple Buys TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC up 8.30% * Multiple Buys Cortexyme Inc. up 7.50% Vistra Corp. up 7.15% IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC up 9.44% TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC up 7.08% Hanesbrands Inc. up 6.84% Primo Water Corp up 5.39% * Multiple Buys Evergy Inc. up 4.34% Multiple Buys Wayfair Inc. up 4.229% CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC up 4.13% Multiple Buys iHeartMedia Inc. up 2.94% AGREE REALTY CORP up 2.77% Multiple Buys FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC up 2.11% ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS … Read more

A Bruising Week for Investors yet Insiders Still Post Modest Gains

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For trade details click on this link to the trades AVIS BUDGET GROUP Inc up 21.08% American Assets Trust Inc. up 5.36% CHEVRON CORP up 5.03% Sonos Inc up 4.26% NU SKIN ENTERPRISES Inc up 3.41% INCYTE CORP up 1.67% AGREE REALTY CORP up 1.46% GREENHILL & CO INC up 1.21% DuPont de Nemours Inc. up 0.54% Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc. up 0.12% Royalty Pharma plc down -0.56 QUIDEL CORP down -0.63% Macy’s Inc. down -1.36% CERNER Corp down -1.83% ABBOTT LABORATORIES down -2.22% Zoetis Inc. down -5.73% Longeveron Inc. down -20% The market genuflected like the herd following creature it … Read more

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When the Chief Scientific Officer of a biotech company buys  $1 million of his Company’s stock, normally stock traders take notice. Not here.  Joshua Hare made an open market purchase of 103,000 shares of Longeveron at $9.98 on the Company’s IPO.  Within a week, he’s down a stunning 38%. Longeveron has been one of the worst-performing IPOs in one of the strongest markets I’ve ever seen.  Is Aging Frailty just a hoax? Another one of the live forever theories promulgated by aging billionaires.  The answer to that really won’t matter. If the FDA approves something for aging frailty it will … Read more

“Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life” – Oscar Wilde

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For trade, details click on this link to the trades COTY Inc up 16.52% BridgeBio Pharma Inc. up 6.69% Corvus Pharmaceuticals Inc. up 7.43% TWO HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP. up 5.53% Beyond Air Inc. up 0.90% Black Knight Inc. up 1.45% TWO HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP. up 4.`3% NU SKIN ENTERPRISES Inc up3.20% SVB FINANCIAL GROUP up 3.27% Adtalem Global Education Inc. up 0.80% LPL Financial Holdings Inc. up .72% EVEREST RE GROUP LTD down -2.07% CVS HEALTH Corp down 2.19% KKR & Co. Inc. down 2.83% Bumble Inc. down 5.88% Longeveron Inc.down 38.29%    Coty Insiders are at it again. Three … Read more