Insider Buying Week 01-05-24 the Market is Waiting for Something

The market is waiting for something. If interest rates are going down, the newest popular market obsession, when will they actually go down?  When will the Fed start the interest rate cuts, since…


Insider Buying Week 12-29-23 Here We go Again with Rampant Speculation

Here we go again, two insider buys in small biotech names that rocketed 43% and 76% last week.  This didn't happen in a vacuum. For the last two months or so,  the daily top 50 largest percentage…


Insider Buying Week 12-22-23 Holiday Cheer and the Fed's Retreat Continues to Spike the Market

While some stocks like the Magnificent Seven have had a phenomenal comeback year, many, many companies are depressed in value. For example, many REITs have poor returns, some as a consequence of the…


Insider Buying Week 12-15-23 Glad to See some Big Names and Big Dollars Returning to the Insider Buying Game

While some stocks like the Magnificent Seven have had a phenomenal comeback year, many, many companies are depressed in value. We have no shortage of compelling investment ideas, but getting people…


Insider Buying Week 12-08-23 Energy Swooned, Some Insiders Stepped Up

As we go into the final turn of the year, expect some modest profit-taking in the Magnificent Seven. I expect some good opportunities if mortgage rates drop enough for people trapped in their homes…


Insider Buying Week 12-01-23 AI will Improve everything but the Tesla pickup truck

FOMO  (fear of missing out in a year when the S&P is up over 20%) is in full swing. One thing not making the headlines is the market is essentially where it was two years ago, with investors on a…


Insider Buying Week 11-24-23 Are Investors the Turkey this Thanksgiving?

Trying to read the tea leaves and glean some information from insider buying patterns is seldom obvious.  Directors are generally required to own a percentage of their board compensation in the…


Insider Buying Week 11-10-23 Another Week of the Impossible Possibility

Barron's magazine cover read, "Clean Energy Stocks have collapsed," but it's not just clean energy.  It's all energy.  The fossil fuel kind, traditional energy, continued its dismal fall performance…


Insider Buying Week 11-03-23 Insider Buying offers Clues as to where Bargains might Await

The difference between the 10-year Treasury Bond yield and the S&P 500 dividend yield is the largest it's been since 2007.  The spread between interest earned on Treasury Bills and dividends…


You Really Want to Know What's Wrong with this Market? Insider Buying Week 10-27-23

$OXYLast week, I had two conversations with astute market watchers, one a long-time successful UBS financial wealth manager and the other, a close personal friend who bought the second charity lunch…