Insider Activity

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The ups and downs of 2015 didn’t keep executives and 10% institutional owners from buying shares, and this past week, which marked the end of 2015, was no exception.
One thing is for sure, the insiders and 10% owners did some late shopping and continued to buy stock this past week at a furious pace.
Clearly insiders were not in the mood to sell shares this week, and with only two shortened trading weeks left for 2015, it will be interesting to see if the volume jumps as the end of 2015 draws...
One interesting tidbit to this week's insider trading was all the energy stocks that are showing up. It is clear many insiders feel the bottom is close and now is the time to buy shares.
According to Trimtabs, November was the fourth highest month on record for insider selling. These companies reported notable insider selling last week.
The long and deep energy sell-off has brought many 10% owners and executives out to the buy desk. The insider buying volume swamped selling last week.
While the Thanksgiving holiday week was a very slow on Wall Street, the momentum is picking up as traders and investors got ready this past week for the final month of trading for 2015.
The holiday shortened Thanksgiving week sure didn’t keep the insider buyers from continuing to add shares.
First it was Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and now you can add Mark Zuckerberg to the list for long-term charitable giving.
Marwood Group Research, a political intelligence firm, admitted to wrongdoing in releasing confidential or nonpublic information to clients.
While the natural inclination is to think that corporate executives would like to sell stock into a big market rally like the one this past week, the data sure didn’t confirm that.
On a week when the market had some of its best upside trading in months, conventional wisdom would seem to dictate that insider buying would be slow.
With just six trading weeks remaining in 2015, and a dip in the market providing better purchase points, the volume of insider buying was about the highest we have seen this fall.
This week's insider selling was lighter than we have seen over the past month. Any large year-end rally could induce more selling.
With less than two months left in the 2015 trading year, and the markets hovering near the highest levels to date, the insider buying and selling is picking up speed.