Bye Bye American Pie Insider Buying week 01-21-22

  Curious how well insiders are doing with their buys? Scroll the significant buys of the last year. We’re in a vicious bear market the like of which harks back to the Dot.com bubble bursting for stocks with little or no earnings.  That’s most of the cloud stocks and pretty much all the speculative SPAC’s that are getting annihilated by the Great Unwind. The Indices mask the carnage that is happening below the surface. You don’t need to look to Ukraine for the bloodbath. It’s already well underway on the NASDAQ. There wasn’t much in the way of insider activity … Read more

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

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

Everyone is talking about Tesla and not Tupperware- go figure.

For trade details click on this link to the trades MUSTANG BIO Inc up 16.35% TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP up 11.58% Asana Inc. up 3.80% CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP up 2.52% First, the market.  It definitely feels heavy to me and admittedly I’m nervous going long into tax season.  Lots of investors sold stock last year to lock in lower capital gains rates in fear of the Biden administration raising the tax rate on long-term capital gains or perhaps any gains. The first two weeks in April are tough. They usually are as people sell stock to pay for their taxes.  … Read more

Notable Insider Buys Week Ending May 10, 2019

The market suffered its worse loss of the year, but that didn’t stop some insiders buying their own stock. We highlight those over $200,000 in this report. In this report, we highlight open market purchases from employees and directors of more than $200,000.  Insiders sell stock for many reasons, but they generally buy for just one – to make money.  As a standard, we only look at material amounts of money, $200 thousand or more, as anything less could just be window dressing. The bar is different from selling because the natural state of management is to be sellers. This … Read more

Notable Insider Buys and Sales Week Ending 11-9-18

Buys TSLA  Tesla Inc.  Elon Musk backs up his bravado with his pocket-book, buying $30 million worth of Tesla stock at an average price of $347.75. One though does have to wonder about the sources of Musk’s funds as he never sells stock, only buys it and takes no salary. This is reminiscent of bad experiences investors had with Audrey McClendon of Chesapeake Energy. At some point, the money runs out. Is Elon buying on margin? If so this can lead to a dangerous downward price decline in times of turmoil. AMH American Homes 4 Rent .Chairman of the Board Gustavson … Read more

Notable Insider Buys and Sales Week Ending 11-2-18

Buys MHK Mohawk Industries  Billionaire Director Balcean continues to buy this beaten down carpet manufacturer with a purchase of $29.6 million at an average price of $118.42 SNX Synex Corp  The Washington Service wrote On Oct. 12, SYNNEX Corp. (SNX) shares fell to a three-year low of $72.83. As shown on the graph below, Director Matthew Miau purchased 122,202 shares of the IT supply chain services provider on weakness on Oct. 19, indirectly through Silver Star Developments Ltd. The $9.6 million buy is Miau’s first at the company and marginally increased his holdings, and represents the largest purchase in SNX’s … Read more

Notable Insider Buys Skyrocket Week Ending 5-11-8

$TSLA,$DDR,$SOHU,$ETM,$XRAY,$FLR,$AAT,$CVS,$CUTR,$D,$TEVA,$TUP,$UAL,$MHK,$AMP,$GOGO,$TEGP,$SMG,$LCII,$AYI,$HTZ,$AYI,$MTSI,$MO,$HFC,$DATA In this report, we examine stocks that C-level officers and directors bought and sold ending the week of May 11, 2018. Insiders sell stock for many reasons, but they generally buy for just one – to make money.  As a standard, we only look at material amounts of money, $100 thousand or more, as anything less could just be window dressing. The bar is different with selling, because the natural state of management is to be sellers. This is because most companies provide significant amounts of management compensation packages as stock. Therefore, with selling, we analyze for unusual patterns, … Read more