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Insider Buying Week 8-11-23 and the Summer Doldrums

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We are not surprised by the momentum of the oil and gas sector, as it was only a matter of time before its strong fundamentals collided with short sellers and skeptical money managers. We wrote last week about the strong signals from Exxon’s latest quarterly earnings. Activist Exxon board member Jerry Ubben’s purchase of Exxon may have been the biggest act of his illustrious career.  CEO Darren Woods is transforming  Exxon into a juggernaut of earnings  AND the undisputed heavyweight of both hydrocarbons, renewables, and carbon capture. Its stands to dominate all.  According to Woods, there is no reason for … Read more

Occidental Petroleum Insiders Say Enough is Enough- Our Stock is too Cheap to Ignore

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Insider Buying Week Ending June 14, 2019 Occidental Petroleum insiders say enough is enough, quit trashing our stock by collectively buying over $4 million worth in the open market. Oil stocks are big underperformers but ever since Oxy announced the purchase of Anadarko, the stock has been in free fall. American Asset Trust insiders buying at new highs and continue to get rewarded at this diversified REIT. REMAX founder and once barred insider Linder returns with a vengeance scooping up another $2.9 million adding to his buys from last week. Guess CEO increases his holdings by over 230% buying nearly … Read more

Insiders See Opportunity in All Kinds of Markets, Especially Bad Ones

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Insider Buying Week Ending June 7, 2019 American Airline insiders buy stock in beaten down airline lifting price action. Waiting on large payback from Boeing 737 Max grounding.  American is incredibly cheap will have significant free cash flow.and will be a direct beneficiary of increased trade with Mexico as it flies more routes than any other airline. John Idol, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Capri Holdings goes all in fashion conglomerate holding company with luxury iconic brands, Versace, Jimmy Choo, and Michael Koors. RE/MAX Holdings disclosed that its co-founder and chairman David Liniger bought a total of 122.9K … Read more

Stock Market gets Clobbered- Insiders are Nibbling

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Insider Buying Week Ending May 31, 2019
Jay Hoag of Zillow Goes All In

Trump rocks market with trade wars on multiple fronts.  Impromptu tweet on Friday about tariffs on Mexico linked to immigration enforcement cap off a month that most investors would like to forget.  Monday’s action is likely not to be any better for FANGS with the news that the Justice Department is opening up an anti-trust investigation on Google aka Alphabet.   S&P 500 Wipes Out $4 Trillion in Its Second-Worst May Since the ‘60s.  Insiders are nibbling at a few names but in the short term are losing money like everyone else.

Notable Insider Buys Week Ending May 17, 2019

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The market gets scarier by the day.  Wealthy individuals pulled their money out at record rates not seen in seven years. Black swans seem to be showing up in multiple corners of the world, China trade war, Iran real war, just to mention a few. None the less that didn’t stop a few insiders with conviction loading up on their company’s stock. In fact, it’s the most buying we have seen in some time. We highlight those over $200,000 in this report.

A Contrarian View on Natural Gas- will efficiency in drilling trump reduction in rig count?

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Just how much natural gas is available in the U.S. market is a subject of intense analysis and controversial debate.  In December, the prestigious scientific journal, Nature published an article, Natural gas: The fracking fallacy. The gist of the article was that The United States is banking on decades of abundant natural gas to power its economic resurgence. That may be wishful thinking.  From our perspective, this may be a solid  trading opportunity as natural gas is trading at the lowest price in 15 years and several factors may be converging to reverse this secular decline in price when most pundits are least expecting it. Natural … Read more