Insider Activity

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It comes as no surprise that insiders have ratcheted up the selling recently. But we saw little if any selling in names that looked distressed.
As we are just about through with the spooky month on Wall Street, and the third-quarter earnings are starting to wrap up, one thing we are seeing here is an increase in overall insider activity.
Investors can expect that the volumes of insider buying and selling will continue to increase as we head toward the end of the year.
As usual, with the earnings onslaught in full effect, many companies have closed the window for insiders to buy or sell stock during the reporting period.
While last week was decidedly slow for the insiders selling stock, that has been the case since the big market drop in late August.
While insider buying was steady last week, the typical earnings slowdown is in place as windows for insiders to buy and sell are closing.
Since the late August sell-off and through September, we saw very light insider selling, which actually was a very bullish sign for the markets.
While insider buying remains consistent, it does appear that the windows for executives and 10% owners to buy and sell are starting to shut ahead of earnings.
Insider buying continues to swamp insider selling, and ever since the markets started to sell off hard in late August that has been the case.
It is a positive sign for the market when insiders want to wait to sell shares as they think there is more upside to their holdings.
Insider buying is almost always a bullish indicator and the amount of it over the past month has been huge.
We have seen some of the lowest insider selling volumes over the past week that we have seen in almost three years.
Ever since the massive sell-off in August, insider buying has swamped the selling, and this past week was no different.
Market volatility and weakness have pretty much scared off most of the insiders looking to sell while attracting large numbers of insiders looking to buy.
Energy and a top commodity producer lead the list for insider buying this week, and that is a welcome sign for investors in the two long-suffering sectors.