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As we approach the earnings releases for the first quarter, we are seeing an increase in the insider selling activity.
With traders taking the day off to celebrate the Good Friday market holiday, insiders had a shortened trading week to acquire more stock. That certainly did not stop anybody.
What are investors supposed to think after the chairman of Chesapeake Energy made a purchase larger than most people will make in their entire lives?
After a week like this past one, most investors are glad to see the market closed for a couple of days so the dust can settle.
We have seen an increase in insider selling since the end of the fourth-quarter earnings reporting season, so this past week's action can hardly be described as panicked.
Volatility typically has been a harbinger of steep drop in the markets. You sure wouldn’t guess that by the sheer number of insiders that continue to buy their own companies' shares.
After seeing insider selling really strong for most of the past four weeks, things have really quieted down.
While the selling that was reported this week was consistent with what we have seen so far in March, nothing indicates a mass exodus for shareholders at this point.
This past week's trading was marked with huge up and down swings and a rise and fall in volatility. Generally, this is the kind of market action that makes strategists nervous.
While not the least bit surprising, given the big advance over the past year, some insider sales this past week were pretty staggering in size.
One thing we have noticed as the market has crept steadily higher this year is that insider buying has never hit a wall.
We cover insider selling each week at 24/7 Wall St., and despite the big numbers and share counts that are starting to hit the tape, there is no immediate reason for alarm.
The insider buying data that hit our screens this week showed not only a marked increase in the trade size, but also in the dollar values.
In a trend that seems somewhat locked into place, insiders continue to sell stock, though as we have seen most of this year, nobody is rushing to the exits, at least for now.
More and more we are noticing buyers of some energy and industrial names that have lagged the overall market gains. That is a good sign for investors.