Insider Activity

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While the insider buying wasn’t as prolific as what we saw when the market was getting pummeled in January and February, it remains consistent.
The SEC has announced that it has agreed to settle enforcement actions against a Florida man trading on inside information ahead of a pharmaceutical company merger.
While insider buying in of itself is not a reason to go out and buy shares, it is a very solid indicator, and this kind of sizable purchasing is a good forward measure of confidence.
For the second week in a row, the insiders at major companies have decided that the markets have moved high enough that it is time to take some money off the table.
Insiders at major companies continue to shell out big bucks to buy shares, and despite the recent rally in the indexes, they don’t look they are ready to quit purchasing any time soon.
Maybe, just maybe, investors are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s not the selling train that has run shareholders over since the start of 2016.
After almost two months of negligible insider selling, this week was the first to show some substantial sales, and that means that insiders feel that the market rally is starting to return some value...
Despite the market rally, insiders are still buying at big levels, while insider selling remains dormant. This is a very positive sign for equity investors and the market as a whole.
While the market action since the start of the year has been very unsettling, the mere fact that insiders are jumping on the lower prices of their companies is a significant and very positive sign.
The SEC alleged that Dennis Wayne Hamilton made more than $130,000 in illegal profits by trading on nonpublic information he learned on the job.
Companies that reported notable insider buying this past week include General Electric, Phillips 66 and Seagate Technology.
The insider buyers remain on the prowl and once again, as has been the case all of January, the selling was nonexistent. This remains fairly bullish for equity owners.
For the third straight week, insider selling has been nonexistent, while the insider buyers have taken advantage of the market sell-off.
After a wild and woolly weak that saw the market plunge to the lows put in last summer, many savvy investors are using the extreme weakness to load the proverbial boat.
One group of investors who welcomed the past week's sell-off were insiders at energy and energy-related companies.