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Key director adds to stake. On Monday, August 5th, Sean Downes bought another 1,100 shares of Universal Insurance Holdings (UVE), where he has served as CEO in the past and now serves as director. The total cost of the additional shares came to just over $29,000, and increases his total holdings in the company to 1,431,833 shares. Downes has been a buyer in shares in mid-June as well as back in May at higher prices. Universal develops, markets, and underwrites insurance with a ...
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Three directors make buys. On Friday, August 2nd, director Robert Hamill bought 1,000 shares of Arch Coal (ARCH), shelling out over $78,000 for the stake. He was joined by director James Chapman, who also bought 1,000 shares the same day at a slightly higher price. Both buys came a day after director Holly Koeppel bought 2,200 shares, paying over $195,000—and about 15 percent higher than where shares currently trade. These insider buys mark the first insider activity at the company since 2017, when ...
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Traders bet on share rally in the next month. Many tech names took a steep dive on Monday on trade war fears. But traders were betting those would be short lived. One name that saw multiple options with unusual activity was Nvidia (NVDA), maker of advanced graphic processors. The August 30th $155 call was one of several options on the company that saw unusual trading, with over 1,580 shares trade against an open interest of 114, making for a 14-fold surge in ...
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Traders bet earnings drop will be short-lived. On Friday, traders bet on a higher price for payment company Square (SQ), following a drop on lower than expected earnings. A number of different options traded on unusually high volume, most expecting a bounce within the next week. One big trade was on the August 9th $70 calls, which saw over 3,200 contracts trade against an open interest of 129, for a 25-fold increase in volume. With shares of Square dropping from $80 to under $70 ...
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First insider buy at company in 2019. On Thursday, August 1st, director Lance Uggla bought 1,500 shares of payment processing company MasterCard (MA). The total cost came to $413,000, and increases his total stake to just under 4,700 shares. This marks the first insider buy at the company for 2019, amidst a number of insider sales, most from the Mastercard Foundation, a non-management insider dedicated to charitable works. MasterCard provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services globally. This includes payment transactions, ...
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Big bet on a silver rally through September. On Thursday, traders bet on a higher price for the silver space thanks to a large options bet on Pan American Silver (PAAS). The September $18 call options saw over 26,700 shares trade, a 151-fold explosion in volume higher. With shares of the stock around $15.75, shares would need to move 14 percent higher in the next 49 days to move in-the-money. Pan American Silver is a mining company with a focus on silver operations ...
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Multiple insiders pick up reinsurer’s shares. On Wednesday, July 31st, multiple insiders bought shares at Watford Holdings (WTRE). Those buys included 25,000 shares by CEO John Rathgeber, 25,000 shares by director Nicolas Papadopoulo, 2,500 shares by CFO Alexandre Scherer, and 1,500 shares by Chief Risk Officer Jon Levy. Collectively, these insiders bought over $1 million in shares. Insiders have been buyers of the company earlier in the year, with a large cluster of buys back in May at far higher prices. Watford Holdings ...
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President & CEO buys 50,000 shares. On Tuesday, July 30th, Gary Kolstad, President and CEO of CARBO Ceramics (CRR) bought 50,000 shares of his company, paying $53,000. This increased his stake by over 10 percent, bringing his total share ownership in the company to over 512,000 shares. This is the first insider buy at CARBO this year, but Kolstad has been a buyer multiple times in 2018 at far higher prices. CARBO Ceramics is a technology company that provides products and services to ...
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