Corporate Insiders Selling… Retail Investors Buying

Corporate Insiders Selling… Retail Investors Buying

From Bloomberg: Corporate executives are taking advantage of near-record U.S. stock prices by selling shares in their companies at the fastest pace in two years. There were about 12 stock-sale announcements over the past three months for every purchase by insiders at Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) companies, the highest ratio since January 2011, according…

Next The Tricycles

Next The Tricycles

Originally published February 20, 2013 at 12:08 PM | Page modified February 20, 2013 at 9:52 PM Gas, car-tab taxes drive House Dems’ transportation plan House Democrats propose a $10 billion transportation package that would gradually raise the gasoline tax to 47.5 cents a gallon within five years. OLYMPIA — House Democrats rolled out a…

02/20/2013: Gary on Nationally Syndicated Investors Edge Radio Broadcast

02/20/2013: Gary on Nationally Syndicated Investors Edge Radio Broadcast

Miss Today’s Show? Listen To The Full Show Now! Listen To Today’s Show Few Highlights From Today’s Show: Market Due For A Pullback? Find out what Gary thinks! Market Wrap & Sector Analysis: Gary tells you what he thinks of the market and what to look out for. He also covers the important events that happened on…

More Obamacare Repercussions

More Obamacare Repercussions

Universal Orlando dropping health insurance: Universal Orlando will drop health insurance for part-time workers – OrlandoSentinal By Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel7:09 p.m. EST, February 19, 2013 Universal Orlando plans to stop offering medical insurance to part-time employees beginning next year, a move the resort says has been forced by the federal government’s health-care overhaul. The giant theme-park resort,…

Bill Gates May Just Need to Go Back & Run Microsoft

Bill Gates May Just Need to Go Back & Run Microsoft

Bill Gates ‘not satisfied’ with Microsoft’s Software giant’s chairman tells CBS This Morning that Microsoft’s earlier strategies in the mobile phone sector were “clearly a mistake.” Although Bill Gates stepped away from his day-to-day role at Microsoft nearly five years ago, he still keeps a close eye on the company he co-founded — and he…

The Smart Money On Apple Was Very SMART

The Smart Money On Apple Was Very SMART

  FoxConn Freezes Hiring On iPhone Production Slowdown First it was Walmart letting the truth finally slip last Friday when a leaked memo showed recent sales are a “total disaster.” Today, as anyone who has looked at AAPL premarket quotes will surmise, it’s Apple’s turn, following a report in the FT that FoxConn, the world’s largest contract…

Oh Thrilling!

Oh Thrilling!

U.S. Banks Bigger Than GDP as Accounting Rift Masks Risk By Yalman Onaran – Feb 19, 2013 7:01 PM ET Warning: Banks in the U.S. are bigger than they appear. That label, like a similar one on automobile side-view mirrors, might be required of the four largest U.S. lenders if Thomas Hoenig, vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance…