Insider Activity

One thing that could help this market would be either a solid sell-off or a long sideways move. Either way, gains need to be consolidated, so it’s likely the sellers will continue to dominate.
Giddy investors continued pouring money into U.S. stocks last week, and insiders continued their steady purchases at companies where they work or have a large position on file.
Insiders are selling gigantic amounts of stock each and every week, and as long as we stay at these lofty levels, that probably will continue.
The insider buying is much more solid than during earnings season, but it has slowed as the market continues its push higher.
The sellers came out in full force, as they have been ever since the year started. And with stocks as overbought as they have been in years, you can count on them continuing to sell.
With the fourth-quarter reporting season all but over, the windows for executives to buy and sell shares are opening back up and we have seen a big increase in the number of buyers.
While the insider selling volume is strong, none of the trades look like desperation sales. Many of the companies are trading near their 52-weeks highs, and selling at the top is no surprise.
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Despite a market that once again hit record highs on all three of the major indexes, insider buying returned this week after an almost month-long hiatus, and it returned in pretty solid fashion.
Once again last week the market was hitting all-time highs, and once again insiders were selling shares at a furious pace. Who can blame them?
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It is worth noting that insider selling volume has dwarfed insider buying for weeks and could be signalling a top in the market, which has had a huge run since last November's election.
The number of insiders selling stock still dwarfed the buyers, and it could ramp back up as insider transaction windows start to open again following fourth-quarter earnings reports.
With earnings season starting to wind down, investors will have to look hard for reasons to keep the tired bull market rolling.
If there was ever an indicator that the market is getting too rich, it may be insider selling, and we continued to see a landslide of such selling last week.