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Insider Buying week 11-19-21- Insiders are Stepping up

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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. This report is going to be delayed due to a funeral I had to attend for my dear first cousin’s, husband, who passed away at 75years of age. It brought me back to Savannah, my hometown, on the marsh and waterways of Skidaway Island. I will get to the opinion pieces as I write the Insiders Report for myself. It’s my way of processing insider buying.  And there was a lot of it, this time … Read more

Notable Insider Buying Week Ending Nov. 22, 2019

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Please read the last paragraph before you invest.   Following insiders, although childishly simple and obvious of an idea, is fraught with danger.  You can lose money.  There are a lot of nuances to interpreting. For example, the significance of a billionaire buying $300,000 worth of stock is like the average person tippling the valet $5. It doesn’t mean much.  We try to grab the essence of an interesting buy with as few words as possible. Why does Aramark CEO buy $1.49 million of stock at $42.68? Perhaps he is jealous of seeing his Chairman of the Board make $1,000,000, 30% … Read more

What’s Eating $Uber? -Massive Lock-Up Expiration, Lack of Earnings, Ill-defined Business Model?

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Something unusual will happen Wednesday Oct 6. Uber will have the biggest lock-up expiration in history.  RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney estimates that 1.7 billion shares will become eligible for sale, roughly 90% of the total. I’ve heard amounts half of that. Either way its a monstrous amount. If you don’t know what a lock-up is, read this primer from front running broker, Light Speed. Uber reported earnings or more accurately lack of earnings Monday after the close. Nearly every firm on Wall Street recommended buying the stock 30% higher so I supposed they will recommend it with fained … Read more

No Time For Heroes

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  The Insiders Fund, went 80% to cash last Wednesday in part market-driven, in part disillusioned with the likelihood of a China trade deal.  The Fund had a great run up this year, over 24%, and now many stocks appear grossly over-valued.  The “cloud” software stocks seem to have nothing but clouds themselves supporting their valuations.  To top it off Uber went public at an $85 billion dollar valuation. This is for a company that has never made money, maybe never will as the drivers are estimated to be making less than minimum wage after factoring the cost of their … Read more