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By Jonathan Moreland, founder of Insider Insights 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 mainly open-market insider purchases and sales filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission Monday, July 9, 2012 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.

Accelr8 Technology (AXK) Abeja Ventures BO 14,000,000 14,420,000
VMware (VMW) EMC BO 119,283 9,997,564
Westport Innovations (WPRT) Douglas Kevin BO 100,000 3,691,232
Efl Overseas (EFLO) Hutton James Andrew PR,DIR 700,000 820,000
Opko Health (OPK) Frost Phillip MD et al CEO,CB,BO 90,000 422,721
Hudson Global (HSON) Sagard Capital BO 80,000 324,800
Special Opportunities Fund (SPE) Goldstein Phillip CB,SEC,DIR 10,561 157,753
Midwest Energy Emissions (MEEC) Rifkin Jay DIR 148,066 81,436
Daktronics (DAKT) Kurtenbach Aelred J CB,DIR 10,000 72,632
Concurrent Computer (CCUR) Miller Lloyd I III BO 16,350 63,572
Source: Insider Insights
Team Health (TMH) Blackstone Management Associates Iv BO 9,125,000 209,875,008
Google (GOOG) Page Lawrence CEO,DIR,BO 27,778 16,232,097
Brown Forman (BFB) Barzun Brooke Brown BO 138,946 13,206,246
Google (GOOG) Doerr L John DIR 7,064 4,238,400
Cedar Fair (FUN) Kinzel Richard L DIR 93,074 2,859,109
Medivation (MDVN) Hung David PR,CEO,DIR 25,000 2,376,205
Blackrock Kelso Capital (BKCC) Virginia Retirement System BO 146,923 1,457,432
Stryker (SYK) Stryker Ronda E DIR 27,000 1,449,291
Monsanto Co New (MON) Fraley Robert T VP,CTO 14,893 1,217,659
Avalonbay Communities (AVB) Blair Bryce CB,DIR 5,718 822,363
Source: Insider Insights

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, EVP=Executive Vice President, 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.

Jonathan Moreland is the founder of InsiderInsights.com, which produces a weekly newsletter and offers professional screening and alerting tools to analyze a proprietary, real-time insider data feed. He is also the principal of Insider Asset Management, a registered investment advisor in New York. Mr. Moreland has been analyzing insider data professionally for two decades and has been a contributor to TheStreet.com since 2001. A fundamental analyst with an MBA in finance, Mr. Moreland long ago identified insider data as an excellent first screen to determine where to focus his research efforts. He is quoted frequently in the media for his insider analysis and stock recommendations stemming from it. He is also author of Profit From Legal Insider Trading.

Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. While he cannot provide investment advice or recommendations, Moreland appreciates your feedback; click here to send him an email.

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