Bill Gross Buys Into Pimco Funds

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.

Ormat Technologies (ORA) Ormat Industries Ltd BO 148,600 $4,202,259 FBR Capital Markets (FBCM) Crestview Partners LP BO 363,994 $1,540,856 PIMCO Corp Opportunity Fund (PTY) Gross William H O 100,000 $1,462,480 Bigband Networks (BBND) Valueact Smallcap Mgt LP BO 498,136 $1,407,513 Western Gas LP (WES) Crane James R DIR 50,000 $1,112,500 PIMCO Inc Strategy Fund (PFL) Gross William H O 100,000 $1,023,000 PIMCO Inc Strategy Fund II (PFN) Gross William H O 100,000 $882,770 Health Care Reit (HCN) Klipsch Fred S DIR 20,000 $818,424 Sanmina (SANM) Manas Jean DIR 50,000 $723,440 Evolving Systems (EVOL) Singer Karen BO 43,570 $303,748 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Lauder Leonard A CB,BO 110,220 $6,488,540 Synaptics (SYNA) Lee Francis F DIR 80,000 $2,284,707 Tegal Corp De (TGAL) Marxe Austin W Greenhouse David M BO 1,142,015 $1,028,156 Salesforce Com (CRM) Benioff Marc CB,CEO,BO 10,000 $806,537 Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Jasper N William Jr DIR 10,000 $616,600 Wsfs Financial (WSFS) Julian Joseph R DIR 15,000 $609,964 Imax (IMAX) Gelfond Richard L CEO,DIR 30,000 $550,000 Nanometrics (NANO) Coates Norman V DIR,BO 50,000 $510,185 Boston Scientific (BSX) Abele John E DIR 75,000 $497,885 Resmed (RMD) Roberts Christopher G DIR 7,500 $485,267 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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