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INSIDER SELLING SOARS, BUYING STILL AT RECORD LOWS

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INSIDER SELLING SOARS, BUYING STILL AT RECORD LOWS

Courtesy of The Pragmatic Capitalist

Despite a near 50% rally in the stock market and “better than expected” earnings across the board, we’re continuing to see unprecedented levels of insider selling and record low levels of insider buying.  The buyers in recent weeks have accumulated just over $26MM in stock ($16.5MM of which was one buyer).  Meanwhile, the sells amount to over $300MM.  That’s a staggering 1:30 ratio if you back out the one larger buy.

buy sells, insider buying and sellingClick click on table for larger image

The following chart from insidercow shows just how anemic the insider buying has been in recent months.  You’ll notice that insiders haven’t been substantial buyers since late last year and in early March of 2009 – both periods just prior to major market rallies.

daily buying by insiders

Although the level of insider selling is certainly alarming it’s important to note that the very low levels of buying are particularly alarming.  Insiders sell stock for many reasons, but they generally only buy stock for one reason: they believe the stock is going up.  Despite the fact the media is reporting an end to the recession, a bottom in housing and a trough in earnings we are seeing a vote of zero confidence from the people who know these companies better than anyone else.  Could this be a sign that the underlying economy is still in fact very weak as we continue to see in the trucking data, weekly rails data and weekly same store sales?

 

 

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