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INSIDER BUYING STILL AT RECORD LOWS

30 June 2009 by TPC 5 Comments

The June insider buying/selling data is looking absolutely disastrous. In what can only be viewed as a massive vote of no confidence in their own companies we are actually seeing declines in the ratio of buying to selling from the previous months horrible data. Early data from TrimTabs shows that insiders among S&P 500 firms have sold $2.6B in shares since the start of June and have bought just $12MM. I’ve attached a complete list of recent insider buying along with a partial list of insider selling. The sales list is too long to post in its entirety. If the economy is in fact recovering America’s CEO’s sure aren’t putting their money on the line waiting for it to happen….

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  • StanleySteamer said:

    Great posts tonight tpc

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    # 30 June 2009 at 12:48 AM
  • ben said:

    you mean, buying, right?

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    # 30 June 2009 at 4:09 AM
  • Otter said:

    …or ratio of insider selling to buying @ record highs…?

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    # 30 June 2009 at 6:26 AM
  • Divided States of America said:

    I am sure he meant the ratio of buying to selling is at record lows

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    # 30 June 2009 at 6:27 AM
  • TPC (author) said:

    Sorry for the error everyone. Should have said insider buying. Thanks.

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    # 30 June 2009 at 6:43 AM