Insider Buying Week 5-12-23 Prelude to Something but What?

May 13, 2023$EVA,EAST WEST BANCORP INC,HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC,insomniachedgefundguy,Black Stone Minerals L.P.,ZIONS BANCORPORATION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,Callon Petroleum Co,Agree Realty Corp,BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST INC,REPLIGEN CORP,CPE,Health Catalyst Inc.,ALBEMARLE CORP,$GLDD,CZR,Telos Corp,$alb,Triumph Financial Inc,$HTLD,Enviva Inc,$CIVI,$KVUE,PACK,SoFi Technologies Inc,$USB,TYSON FOODS INC,$ADT,$PLOW,$WAFD,IHRT,Ranpak Holdings Corp,$FBK,WESBANCO INC,iHeartMedia Inc,$EWBC,PLAINS GP HOLDINGS LP,alphawealthfunds,$BSM,ADT Inc,Great Lakes Dredge & Dock CORP,PAGP,$TLS,$BXMT,$RGEN,ZION,$HCAT,CIVITAS RESOURCES INC,Kenvue Inc,ADC,Caesars Entertainment Inc,US BANCORP,$TFIN,theinsiderfund,DOUGLAS DYNAMICS INC,WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC,WSBC,$SOFI,FB Financial Corp,$TSNThe Insider Report,The Insiders Fund Not So Daily Digest,Trading Ideas

Insiders are coming out in force to buy regional and community banks.  Normally significant insider buys are met with a predictable market response, a positive bounce between 3%-5%. This is not…

by Harvey Sax

Insider Buying Week 5-5-23 Banking Blood Bath is it time to Buy?

May 6, 2023Activision Blizzard Inc,CDW Corp,KEYCORP,ARCC,$GABC,QNB CORP,Intel Corp,FB Financial Corp,LAKE SHORE BANCORP INC,$KEY,$STEL,$FMC,Virtu Financial Inc,atvi,$SOFI,FIRST HORIZON CORP,Neuberger Berman MLP & Energy Income Fund Inc,HMST,$ENPH,$GD,KREF,MILLERKNOLL Inc,LINKBANCORP Inc,NBT BANCORP INC,HomeStreet Inc.,$ABCB,$PI,alphawealthfunds,theinsiderfund,GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC,PROSPERITY BANCSHARES INC,Texas Capital Bancshares Inc,$CDW,KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc,VIRT,Stellar Bancorp Inc,FMC CORP,$QNBC,INTC,SoFi Technologies Inc,$FBK,$LSBK,ZION,Enphase Energy Inc,GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP,ZIONS BANCORPORATION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,PB,ARES CAPITAL CORP,$FHN,$NML,$TCBI,Ameris Bancorp,IMPINJ INC,insomniachedgefundguy,$MLKN,$LNKB,$NBTBThe Insiders Fund Not So Daily Digest,The Insider Report

Insiders came out to play last week. It was not pretty, but insiders are bottom fishers, as a rule. They buy in force when prices are down when they perceive a bottom.  Regional bank insiders were…

by Harvey Sax

Banks rising from the Dead?- not so hot for the Greens Insider Buying Week 4-28-23

April 30, 2023MainStreet Bancshares Inc,theinsiderfund,$USB,insomniachedgefundguy,$BANF,$TCBI,$ENPH,Huntington Bancshares Inc,$MNSB,US BANCORP,HBAN,BANCFIRST CORP,alphawealthfunds,Enphase Energy Inc,Texas Capital Bancshares IncThe Insider Report

Insiders continue to buy regional and community banks. In most likely a classic case of the baby being thrown out with the bathwater, the KRE, regional bank ETF, showed signs of bottoming but…

by Harvey Sax

Insider Buying Week 4-21-23 Lithium Stocks Crash, Director buys more Lockheed Martin, and the Curious Case of Domo

April 19, 2023DOMO INC,$alb,insomniachedgefundguy,LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP,$DOMO,LMT,Albermarle,alphawealthfunds,theinsiderfundThe Insider Report,The Insiders Fund Not So Daily Digest

Reuter's headline news Friday that Chile is nationalizing the vast lithium deposits sent Albermarle and the rest of the lithium economy into a tailspin. More than half of the estimated global lithium…

by Harvey Sax

Insider Buying Week 4-14-23 The Fed stopped hiking rates even though they won’t acknowledge that.

April 15, 2023alphawealthfunds,$ALOT,insomniachedgefundguy,theinsiderfund,AstroNova IncThe Insider Report,The Insiders Fund Not So Daily Digest

There was next to nothing to write about regarding insider activity last week. We are in the heart of darkness regarding insider activity. This is how I describe the quarterly blackout period before…

by Harvey Sax

Insider Buying Week 4-7-23

April 8, 2023FTC Solar Inc,Vicarious Surgical Inc.,Planet Labs PBC,insomniachedgefundguy,Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc,$DOMO,$BRT,$BFST,$LPG,theinsiderfund,$FTCI,$RBOT,WBA,$PL,DOMO INC,alphawealthfunds,Business First Bancshares Inc,DORIAN LPG LTD,BRT Apartments Corp.The Insider Report,The Insiders Fund Not So Daily Digest

Chairman Powell's scheme to put the inflation genie back in the bottle is unraveling fast.  He created a bank run last month, which according to Jamie Dimon, is far from over.  The next crack in the…

by Harvey Sax

The Bull Charges as Bears Run in Disbelief Insider Buying Week 3-31-23

April 2, 2023$SWX,$BRT,BRT Apartments,Dollar General,$PRPL,Purple Innovation,DLTR,F&G Annuities,$PGRE,Charles Schwab,insomniachedgefundguy,United Natural Foods Inc,$RBOT,$SCHW,89bio Inc,$DG,$WOOF,Petco Health and Wellness,UNFI,Dollar Tree,theinsiderfund,Southwest Gas Holdings,FG,Paramount Group,Vicarious Surgical Inc.,alphawealthfunds,$ETNBUncategorized

It may be the calm before the storm but the bulls are running. The Fed's rapid interest rate hikes came to a screeching halt last week. The Fed's favorite inflation indicator, the Personal…

by Harvey Sax

Bye Bye Jay Time for Another Chair Insider Buying Week 3-24-23

March 27, 2023$BRT,ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP,GTLS,$PDM,Walmart Inc,Vistra Corp,CHART INDUSTRIES INC,alphawealthfunds,F&G Annuities & Life Inc,$PET,CRK,Hippo Holdings Inc,$LSXMA,$SCHW,VST,schwab charles corp,$OPRT,$B. Riley Financial Inc.,$BWFG,RILY,Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc.,$VTS,BRT Apartments Corp.,$ARLP,insomniachedgefundguy,theinsiderfund,Wag! Group Co,WMT,$HIPO,Liberty Media Corp,$GEF,GREIF INC,EPD,Enterprise Products Partners L.P,Oportun Financial Corp,Bankwell Financial Group Inc,FG,COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC,Vitesse Energy IncThe Insider Report,The Insiders Fund Not So Daily Digest,Trading Ideas

We are deep in the darkness, the earnings blackout period in which corporate insiders are restricted from buying their own shares. It's a perfect time for short sellers to prey on the frazzled nerves…

by Harvey Sax

Bank Execs Picking over the Carcasses Insider Buying Picks Up-Week 3-17-23

March 18, 2023KDP,Affiliated Managers Group Inc,COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC,$UMBF,BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST INC,FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP,VST,$SCHW,Keurig Dr Pepper Inc,DEVON ENERGY CORP,BYLINE BANCORP INC,$AXTA,FFIN,Sylvamo Corp,$SLDP,$EWBC,STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP,$FHB,WMB,$AGM,SoFi Technologies Inc,Southwest Gas Holdings Inc,RE/MAX Holdings Inc,BOK FINANCIAL CORP,UAL,NWL,Guardant Health Inc,theinsiderfund,$GBCI,WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP,$MNK,AMG,$ENVX,schwab charles corp,CULLEN/FROST BANKERS INC,FIRST FINANCIAL BANKSHARES INC,Capri Holdings Ltd,OXY,Banc of California Inc,Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.,$QCRH,$MCB,Bankwell Financial Group Inc,FSFG,Vistra Corp,United Airlines Holdings Inc.,UMB FINANCIAL CORP,$STEL,$LEU,DVN,$GEF,$CROX,CARMAX INC,$PACW,Axalta Coating Systems Ltd,LKFN,$SLVM,Solid Power Inc.,EAST WEST BANCORP INC,$BXMT,FIRST HAWAIIAN INC,CFR,$BANC,Westlake Chemical Partners LP,NEWELL BRANDS Inc,$BY,WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC,Fifth Third Bancorp,insomniachedgefundguy,$GH,$FITB,GLACIER BANCORP INC,$SF,Mallinckrodt plc,WLKP,Occidental Petroleum Corp,$SOFI,$SWX,First Savings Financial Group Inc,$BOKF,Ryan,alphawealthfunds,$OEC,QCR HOLDINGS INC,Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp,$WTFC,RYAN SPECIALTY HOLDINGS INC,CPRI,Enovix Corp,New Mountain Finance Corp,LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP,Stellar Bancorp Inc,CENTRUS ENERGY CORP,CRK,NMFC,Crocs Inc,GREIF INC,PACWEST BANCORP,$BWFGUncategorized

Insiders are the ultimate value buyer.  It's rare they buy at the top of the price chart but instead prefer to plumb the depths for the prize.  They are buying the banks you never heard of while…

by Harvey Sax

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell is a Dangerous man

March 17, 2023Westlake Chemical Partners LP,UMB FINANCIAL CORP,$STEL,alphawealthfunds,CARMAX INC,$PACW,Axalta Coating Systems Ltd,WMB,Sylvamo Corp,COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC,EAST WEST BANCORP INC,$BXMT,$SCHW,NEWELL BRANDS Inc,$BY,WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC,FSFG,Guardant Health Inc,$SLDP,GLACIER BANCORP INC,$SF,OXY,Occidental Petroleum Corp,$SWX,First Savings Financial Group Inc,FFIN,Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.,theinsiderfund,Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp,$WTFC,DVN,Enovix Corp,$CROX,LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP,Stellar Bancorp Inc,NWL,$QCRH,PACWEST BANCORP,$BWFG,CFR,$SLVM,schwab charles corp,$UMBF,BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST INC,Banc of California Inc,DEVON ENERGY CORP,BYLINE BANCORP INC,$AXTA,WLKP,$GH,Solid Power Inc.,$EWBC,STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP,Fifth Third Bancorp,$BANC,Southwest Gas Holdings Inc,RE/MAX Holdings Inc,LKFN,$OEC,$FITB,$GBCI,WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP,CRK,$ENVX,CULLEN/FROST BANKERS INC,FIRST FINANCIAL BANKSHARES INC,insomniachedgefundguy,Crocs Inc,QCR HOLDINGS INC,$MCB,Bankwell Financial Group Inc,VST,Vistra CorpUncategorized

I wrote to clients in the February update that  Federal Reserve Chairman Powell is a dangerous fellow.  Last week he proved that causing a run on the banking system.  Ironically if the creation of a…

by Harvey Sax