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 Tuesday 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.
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| Vmware (VMW) | Emc Corp | BO | 135,000 | $7,580,572 | | WHX (WXCO) | Steel Partners II LP | BO | 260,063 | $1,207,988 | | Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR) | Evans Gary C | CB,DIR | 10,000 | $250,000 | | Trans World Entertainment (TWMC) | Higgins Robert J | CB,CEO, DIR,BO | 100,000 | $176,000 | | Midway Gold (MDW) | Sheerin Matthew | BO | 249,100 | $156,883 | | International Speedway (ISCA) | Hosseini Kargar Morteza | DIR | 5,000 | $136,837 | | Unilens Vision (UVICF) | Baker Street Capital Mgt LLC | BO | 24,804 | $119,752 | | Suffolk Bancorp (SUBK) | Filipo Frank D | VP | 2,500 | $79,363 | | Thor Industries (THO) | Kosowsky J Allen | DIR | 2,000 | $65,941 | | Blackrock Defined Opp Credit Tr (BHL) | Keenan James | O | 2,645 | $34,117 | | Source: www.InsiderInsights.com | |
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| Urban Outfitters (URBN) | Belair Scott A | DIR | 200,000 | $7,607,040 | | Emergency Medical Services (EMS) | Sanger William A | CB,CEO, DIR | 100,000 | $5,594,208 | | Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) | Veba For Retirees Of Kaiser Aluminum | BO | 29,372 | $1,181,446 | | Salesforce.Com (CRM) | Benioff Marc | CB,CEO, BO | 10,000 | $841,169 | | Boston Scientific (BSX) | Abele John E | DIR | 75,000 | $553,158 | | Morningstar (MORN) | Mansueto Joseph D | CB,CEO, DIR | 11,400 | $547,428 | | National Instruments (NATI) | Kodosky Jeffrey L | DIR | 15,000 | $533,816 | | Wet Seal (WTSLA) | Horn Sidney Mortimer | DIR | 100,000 | $504,200 | | Wet Seal (WTSLA) | Reiss Kenneth | DIR | 100,400 | $503,020 | | Venoco (VQ) | Marquez Timothy | CEO,DIR, BO | 32,000 | $489,298 | | 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.