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John Risher, CEO at Lyft (LYFT), recently bought 100,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $1.15 million. He was joined by a company director who bought 8,826 shares, increasing his stake by  28 percent, and paying just under $100,000. These are the only insider buys at Lyft over the past two years. There have been nearly two dozen sales from directors and executives over the past two years. Overall, insiders own ...
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Oil and gas exploration and production company Suncor Energy (SU) is slightly down over the past year as energy prices have moderated. One trader sees shares trending higher into the end of the year. That’s based on the December $34 calls. With 119 days until expiration, 45,164 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 317, for a 142-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the calls paid $1.27 to make the bullish bet. Shares last traded just ...
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The past few months have seen retail stocks underperform on concern that consumers have been slowing their spending. The latest retail sales data indicates that consumers are fine overall. If anything, they’re just cutting back on spending unless they can get a big bargain. Investors looking at the retail space should focus either on companies that can offer big, regular sales, or on big box stores that cater to consistent demand. Home improvement chain Home Depot (HD) is in the latter category. Consumers ...
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Devina Rankin, a director at Keycorp (KEY), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy is an initial stake for the director. The total cost for the stake came to $114,900. This marks the first insider buy since the company’s institutional bank head bought 75,000 shares in May. He paid $733,500 to do so. Company insiders have mostly been buyers since March, following the drop in bank stocks. And they were largely sellers last year at higher prices. Overall, insiders at the bank Read More About This

Singapore-based e-commerce and digital finance platform Sea Limited (SE) dropped nearly 30 percent on Tuesday. One trader expects shares to decline further in the next month. That’s based on the September $35 puts. With 28 days until expiration, 15,097 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 376, for a 40-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the puts paid $0.60 to make the bearish bet. Sea Limited recently traded near $40, so shares would need to ...
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Value investors can have a tough time when it comes to investing. They can recognize that a company is trading at a discount to its value. But short of taking it private, it’s hard to get that value unlocked. It takes time and patience. Recently, a proposed merger agreement led to a rejection by the company that was set to be taken private at a premium to where its shares traded. Typically, a rejection would mean shares would trend lower. In this ...
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Michael Gerdin, CEO at Heartland Express (HTLD), recently bought 5,841 shares. The buy increased his position by less than 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $89,367. Gerdin was also an active buyer back in May, and six other buys in the past 12 months. This marks the first insider activity since May, when a major owner bought 1,792 shares. There have been no insider sales at the company over the past year. Overall, company insiders own 44 percent ...
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Office and retail-oriented real estate investment trust Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) has lost about one quarter of its value over the past year. One trader sees shares trending even lower in the coming months. That’s based on the October $15 puts. With 65 days until expiration, 4,003 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 145, for a 28-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the puts paid $0.25 to make the bearish bet. Shares recently went for ...
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