Insider Data - Week Ending 08/07/2010

Market has been showing signs of short term plateau for now. There does not seem to be any surprises or momentum in either direction. That is what traders would hate probably. The market has shown resolve to stay where it is now. Is it "the sweet spot" that market has hit for the time being?

Top buys for the week -

STST	$1,332,977,949
NXOI.OB	$78,484,140
MCP	$56,305,090
AIQ	$24,472,755
SAR	$11,298,923

Top Sells for the week-

MS	$-252,099,200
CCI	$-92,999,105
GOOG	$-42,329,822
UIS	$-32,877,654
F	$-30,762,411

The insider sell to buy ratio has stayed in favorable territory last week. It hovers around a value of 2 right now which is great.

Top industries for the week have been as follows. As we can see there has been a change in the leadership in this area.

Scientific & Technical Instruments	$1,060,506,455
Information & Delivery Services	$63,668,946
Medical Laboratories & Research	$19,520,253
Drug Manufacturers - Other	$15,907,041
Rubber & Plastics	$10,443,755

For more details and more data, please visit Prontosec.com. It has been nice to keep a tab on the insider activity for past six months or so. All the information in this writing is also available on the website. Good luck with you investments.

Insider Data - Week Ending 07/31/2010

Overall a good week for the markets. Seems like the earnings season is keeping the market buoyed. The GDP report towards the end of the week did not do much to help though. Another three months for the elections and I think the market will be jittery but hopefully stay positive.

Top Buys for past week -

LGF	$100,665,091
VMW	$10,921,824
TXI	$9,222,135
BMTI	$8,500,000
ITIG	$6,549,051

Top Sells for past week -

AZO	$-161,631,580
RLD	$-149,551,179
MS	$-138,544,000
CYBS	$-47,616,478
YUM	$-22,451,327

The sell to buy ratio has improved quite a bit in past two week. It was close to 2 for the week. For detailed trends please visit www.prontosec.com

Top industrial sectors are as given below. LGF has seen investment from insiders for past several weeks which has kept the industry at the top for past 3 weeks as far as insider buys go.

Movie Production, Theaters	$99,180,811
Drug Manufacturers - Other	$16,398,641
Savings & Loans	$15,141,595
Rubber & Plastics	$10,570,921
Cement	$9,222,135

Good luck with investing.

Insider Data - Week Ending 07/17/2010

A very interesting week. Although some of the bellwethers did report great results but market was kind of on the edge and caved a bit towards the end of the week. Was it the passage of financial reform which wall street hates obviously or just that people are turning bearish - again after a week or so long rally. Time will tell.

Insiders have not shown much enthusiasm during the week. There have been some sales by insiders pushing the sell to buy ratio up during past week. Frankly, what else you expect in this jittery market. Perhaps it is the time for the economy to show that it can stand on its own and only then market would perform better. One thing is sure, short term, it is traders market. So investors (read mom&Pop investors) should tread cautiously.

Following are the top transactions of the week -
Top Buys -

VMW	$11,959,194
TYL	$3,113,000
SPB	$2,785,388
ARB	$2,169,173
BFS	$1,999,109

Top Sales-

GOOG	$-38,503,719
HANS	$-24,962,262
MCK	$-19,081,339
FN	$-12,623,829
FDP	$-12,070,207

Sell/Buy ratio has been bearish this week. It fell slightly compared to last week and stood at around 12. Rolling trend is headed upwards although at a slow pace for now.

Top Industries where insiders have been buying for past two weeks are -

Technical & System Software	$70,582,128
Technical Services	$30,043,563
Pollution & Treatment Controls	$9,185,382
Agricultural Chemicals	$3,485,918
Computer Based Systems	$2,786,593

For more details please visit www.prontosec.com

Have a good one.

Insider Data - Week Ending 07/10/2010

It was a great turn around for the market as a whole. Great finish of the week in anticipation of the earnings season starting next week. Hopefully the market trend will continue.

Top transactions for the week are shown below -

Top Buys -

VMW ($11,959,194)
TYL ($3,113,000)
SPB ($2,785,388)
ARB ($2,169,173)
BFS ($1,999,109)

Top Sales -

GOOG ($-38,503,719)
HANS ($-24,962,262)
MCK ($-19,081,339)
FN ($-12,623,829)
FDP ($-12,070,207)

There has been a consistent cashing out at GOOG for past several months now.

Market has seen insider sell/buy ratio shoot up in the short run last week. May be insiders are trying to take advantage of the rally. The ratio shot up to almost 14 last week. But long term this ratio is still bullish.

Biotechnology industries again showed high insider buying activity in the rolling two weeks in the past. Top Industries with insider activity were -

Biotechnology ($46,699,997)
Movie Production, Theaters ($42,419,327)
Industrial Equipment & Components ($24,341,126)
Technical & System Software ($16,559,503)


Good luck with earnings season kicking of next week.

Insider Data - Week Ending 07/03/2010

It was quite an unsettling week. All major indices saw a decline. But looking at rest of the world, I think some markets have not done as bad. For example, Indian markets have not experienced as much dip. Weakness in dollar will keep affecting the markets in rest of the world but hopefully will help US businesses.

Insider buying was slighly up for the week compared to the previous week. But looking at the rolling average chart, we can tell that sell/buy ratio is starting to creep up longer term. It is not in a danger zone yet though.

Top buys and sells for the week have some notable stocks that have seen some upsurge in insider buying during past 2-4 week. QLTI is such an example. Tesla insiders sold some of their holdings in the IPO.
Top Buys -

LGF	$49,502,432
SNSS	$49,399,997
HPP	$36,569,516
NGA	$25,990,492
CHTL	$24,482,835

Top Sales

FN	$-51,006,780
CCI	$-32,034,904
TSLA	$-25,290,203
THS	$-13,436,933
RXii	$-8,947,500

Biotechnology (SNSS) and movie theatres (LGF) industry are seeing an upsurge in buying for past 2-4 weeks. Healthcare sector has seen an uptick too.

Top Industries

Biotechnology	$43,840,159
Movie Production, Theaters	$42,419,327
Industrial Equipment & Components	$23,307,897
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	$19,624,672
Sporting Activities	$14,972,578

I hope every one is getting good break for 4th of July weekend.

Insider Data - Week Ending 06/26/2010

Another week with tug of war - again. Clarity is what is missing in the economy and that is a good situation for traders. As for small mom-n-pop investors, the level of mistrust for 'Wall Street' is still quite high. I mean who can blame the poor investors, especially this week when it looks like crooks from the previous (read early 2000s) scandals got some court rulings favorable to them and financial reform bill on capital hill seems to be loosing some toughness.

Top buys and sales for the week are shown below.

Buys:

• VMW ($12.5 M)
• ECTY ($9.99 M)
• MOTR ($9.3 M)
• ORA ($8.08 M)
• PCYC ($6.99 M)

Sales:

• RL ($ 858 M)
• GAS ($707 M)
• CCI ($138 M)
• IHS ($80.5 M)
• RBCN ($37.9 M)

The rolling sell to buy ratio indicates insider buying as total market based sell/buy ratio is indicating positive activity. The ratio for the past week was 2.7 that amounts some bullishness.

Movie Production and Oil&Gas exploration industries saw continued insider buying.

Insider Data - Week ending 06/19/2010

Relatively good week for the bulls. People are still on the edge though. It is traders market all the the way. Let us see if investors return to the markets.

Top transactions for the week are shown in the table below.



This week there were more insider sales compared to buys. But the ratio was not too bad. The market sentiment change in coming weeks will determine the behavior of insiders.



Biotechnology again took the top spot in the insider buyings. Movie production and theaters are getting a positive nod from the insiders in hope for a better summer season for the movies. Details of the relevant companies can be found on prontosec.com .



Good luck to all for next week.

Insider Data - Week Ending 06/12/2010

It was a good comeback for the bulls towards the end of the week. How long does it stay like that? When do the fundamentals kick in? Market seems shaken a bit as people realized, some painfully, in past 3-4 weeks that markets not always go in one direction.

Top transactions are noteworthy for some names.




Rolling sell/buy ratio looked favorable as market saw some firming up later during the week. Let us see if the insiders keep buying during the coming weeks.



Top industrial sectors are shown in the table below. Biotech has been doing good for past couple of weeks.



Good luck for the next week.