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 Monday 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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| Biomimetic Therapeutics (BMTI) | Novo AS | BO | 1,000,000 | $8,500,000 | | VMware (VMW) | Emc Corp | BO | 90,000 | $6,583,296 | | General Mills (GIS) | Palmore Roderick A | VP,GC | 6,747 | $240,193 | | RealD (RLD) | Gatarz Craig S | VP,GC | 12,150 | $194,400 | | Red Lion Hotels (RLH) | Columbia Pacific Opp Fund L P | BO | 24,010 | $156,559 | | Taylor Capital Group (TAYC) | Second Curve Capital LLC | BO | 9,000 | $118,350 | | Technology Research (TRCI) | Boatman Roger | BO | 20,000 | $105,000 | | Ruby Creek Resources (RBYC) | Bukzin David Craig | BO | 400,000 | $100,000 | | Blackrock (BLK) | Bank Of America Corp | DIR | 650 | $96,999 | | Hurco Companies (HURC) | Cruickshank Robert W | DIR | 5,000 | $74,650 | | Source: www.InsiderInsights.com | |
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| RealD (RLD) | Greer Joshua | PR,DIR,
BO | 1,148,119 | $17,084,011 | | RealD (RLD) | Lewis Michael V | CB,CEO,
BO | 1,148,119 | $17,084,011 | | Becton Dickinson (BDX) | Becton Henry P Jr | DIR | 38,550 | $2,678,069 | | Yahoo! (YHOO) | Filo David | O | 166,500 | $2,537,810 | | Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) | Farah Roger N | PR,DIR,
COO | 22,810 | $1,742,477 | | Salesforce.Com (CRM) | Benioff Marc | CB,CEO,
BO | 10,000 | $924,646 | | Boston Scientific (BSX) | Abele John E | DIR | 75,000 | $487,715 | | Anixter International (AXE) | Letham Dennis J | CFO,VP,
FO | 9,150 | $401,757 | | Isilon Systems (ISLN) | Patel Sujal M | CEO,PR,
DIR | 24,000 | $337,250 | | National Instruments Corp (NATI) | Kodosky Jeffrey L | DIR | 9,000 | $274,650 | | 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.
