Patriot Coal Shareholder Sells $15.3M 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 Wednesday 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.

Westport Innovations (WPRT) Douglas Kevin BO 60,000 $1,002,000 Navistar International (NAV) Clariond Eugenio DIR 19,000 $760,646 Mercer International (MERCS) Kellogg Peter R BO 100,000 $570,290 Boulder Growth Inc Fund (BIF) Ernest Horejsi Trust No 1b BO 61,826 $397,036 Presstek (PRST) Kellogg Peter R BO 59,006 $214,792 Saul Centers (BFS) Saul B Francis II CEO,DIR,BO 5,200 $197,046 Nustar Gp Holdings Llc (NSH) Greehey William E DIR,BO 6,500 $188,429 Van Kampen Muni Opp Trust (VMO) Dammeyer Rodney F DIR 7,100 $95,976 Pennymac Mort Inv Trust (PMT) Carnahan Scott W DIR 5,000 $84,247 Van Kampen Select Sector Muni Trust (VKL) Dammeyer Rodney F DIR 6,717 $79,977 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) Kemper David W CB,CEO,DIR 472,525 $18,791,327 Patriot Coal (PCX) Caisse De Depot Et Placement Du Quebec BO 766,091 $15,325,412 Chordiant Software (CHRD) Wadhwani Romesh BO 1,829,974 $9,094,971 J P Morgan Chase (JPM) Black Steven D VCB 168,574 $7,417,256 Wal Mart Stores (WMT) Scott H Lee Jr CB,DIR 102,367 $5,669,238 Evercore Partners (EVR) Taylor Bernard J VCB 172,588 $5,537,902 Cameron International (CAM) Erikson Sheldon R DIR 100,000 $4,424,840 Kirkland S (KIRK) Kirkland Carl DIR,BO 150,000 $3,084,540 Pre Paid Legal Services (PPD) Smith Thomas W BO,BO 74,500 $2,901,480 Reliance Steel Aluminum (RS) Gimbel Thomas W DIR 50,000 $2,428,000 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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