Insider Buying Week 9-22-23 The Setup Reminds me of the October Crash of 1987

  This week's blog post is especially brief. It's not because brevity is the soul of wit, either. Insiders are in the third-quarter blackout window; even if they wanted to buy, most cannot. I…


The Clinks in the Armor -Market Swoons on Friday- Where is the Super Hero?

Let me ask you this-Can you afford not to be an insider?  With insiders largely absent due to the 3rd quarter earnings blackout- investors’ anxieties, fears, and uncertainties revealed themselves…


Insider Buying Week 9-08-23 ET Go Home

Energy Transfer certainly looks like it is coming home for investors. Oil producers and suppliers have been on a steady ramp for the last month after lagging most of the year.  Ironically, lithium…


Insiders made some notable gains last week 9-01-23

August ended on a low note as all three leading market indexes lost ground, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) falling 2.5%, the Nasdaq down 2.2%, and the S&P 500 off 1.7%. Insiders…


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Insider Buying -Interest rates may have peaked but the damage to earnings is just beginning

Market gains are muted, and traders are quick to snatch profits.  Rallies are reversed almost daily as market direction is indecisive.  By many measures, bargains in the stock market are hard to come…


Insider Buying Week 8-18-23 before the Potential Powell Shitstorm in Jackson Hole

We look at insider buying this week before the potential shitstorm next week.  It's hard to believe that Longs can make money on the S&P 500 before a looming Fed Chairmen's speech on Friday,…


Notes from Enercom Denver August 2023- No Dessert at Lunch this Year

Last August, I wrote thoughts on Denver Enercom 2022 Let The Good Times Roll.  Enercom is the annual oil and gas conference in Denver in August that brings together hydrocarbon energy producers and…


Insider Buying Week 8-11-23 and the Summer Doldrums

We are not surprised by the momentum of the oil and gas sector, as it was only a matter of time before its strong fundamentals collided with short sellers and skeptical money managers. We wrote last…


Insider Buying Week 8-04-23 Hydrocarbons Make the Modern World Modern

Oil and gas have been the best-performing sector in the market for the last couple of weeks. There is much talk about an oil surplus, and economic weakness in China, the world's largest petroleum…


Insider Buying Week 7-28-23 Euphoria has Begun

Last week pretty much heralded the end of the bear market.  True, long-lasting bull markets start with a plethora of insider buying. That's obviously not happening.  I'm trying to figure out what…