Sturm Ruger Director Buys $334K Worth

By Jonathan Moreland, founder of InsiderInsights.com and author of Profit From Legal Insider Trading.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Which insiders are selling and buying chunks of stocks?

Below are lists of the top 10 open-market insider purchases and sales filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday as ranked by dollar value. Company executives and directors are in the best position to assess the attractiveness of their firms' shares, and here is how many of them are voting their wallets! Please note, however, that these are factual lists, not buy and sell recommendations. Dollar value is only one metric to assess the importance of an insider transaction.

Boulder Growth Inc Fund (BIF) Ernest Horejsi Trust No 1b BO 58,550 $365,051 Sturm Ruger (RGR) Cosentino John A Jr DIR 28,000 $334,397 Express Scripts (ESRX) Lahowchic Nicholas DIR 3,000 $296,490 Hancock Holding (HBHC) Saik Clifton J VP 7,007 $287,357 Boulder Total Return Fund (BTF) Lola Brown Trust 1b BO 18,100 $253,484 Entegris (ENTG) Sullivan Brian F DIR 50,000 $237,845 Aldila (ALDA) Miller Lloyd I III BO 52,130 $208,520 Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) Ippolito Tobia DIR 10,000 $189,151 Pool (POOL) Sledd Robert C DIR 7,500 $157,131 Franklin Street Properties (FSP) Carter George J PR,DIR 10,000 $130,000 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

Blackstone Group LP (BX) Hill J Tomilson VCB,DIR 855,784 $12,279,149 Accuride (ACUZ) Senator Investment Group LP BO 7,483,636 $9,912,617 Citrix Systems (CTXS) Dow Stephen M DIR 136,082 $5,973,609 Mastercard (MA) Selander Robert W CEO,DIR 25,299 $5,894,869 Brigham Exploration (BEXP) Brigham Ben M CEO,PR, DIR 275,000 $4,819,210 Equity Residential (EQR) Spector Gerald A VCB,DIR 100,000 $3,600,020 Blackstone Group LP (BX) Tosi Laurence A CFO 191,013 $2,740,735 Anadarko Petroleum (APC) Walker R A PR,COO 28,813 $2,020,154 FMC Technologies (FTI) Carr Jeffrey W VP,GC 28,782 $1,737,645 Cree (CREE) Von Arx Dolph W  DIR 25,000 $1,718,250 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

Key to Titles: A=Assistant, AI=Affiliated Investor, AO=Accounting Officer, BD=Business Development, BO=Beneficial Owner, CAO=Chief Accounting Officer, CB=Chairman, CCO=Chief Compliance Officer, CEO=Chief Executive Officer, CFO=Chief Financial Officer, CIO=Chief Information Officer, CO=Compliance Officer, COO=Chief Operating Officer, CT=Controller, CTO=Chief Technology Officer, DIR=Director, F=Founder, FO=Financial Officer, GC=General Counsel, HR=Human Resources, IO=Information Officer, IR=Investor Relations, LO=Legal Officer, MD=Managing Director, O=Officer, OO=Operating Officer, PR=President, PT=Partner, REL=Relative of an insider, SEC=Secretary, SH=Shareholder, SO=Sales Officer, TO=Technology Officer, TR=Treasurer, TT=Trustee, VCB=Vice Chairman, VP=Vice President, X=Ex Officer or other title displayed.

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