Insider Buys and Sells: Weekly Wrap-up
Sunday, October 5, 2008 | Tycoon StaffThat's why insider buying and selling is a critical piece of data that is monitored by people who invest for a living.
As part of our continuing effort here at The Tycoon Report to level the playing field between individual investors and the fat cats on Wall Street, we're keeping you informed -- on a daily basis and at no cost whatsoever -- of the most significant insider buying and selling.
Below is a weekly re-cap of the past week's activity. We publish this re-cap every Monday, and it can be accessed in your email issues or on the Tycoon Report website.
Very important note: While these Monday re-caps are available on the Tycoon Report website, if you want the most timely information we provide on insider buying and selling you've got to be sure and read the email issues that we send each weekday morning.
Hilltop Holdings Inc. (HTH)
Hilltop Director General Ford has BOUGHT $54.86 million in HTH stock.
Epicor Software Corp. (EPIC)
Epicor Software 10% Owner Elliot International has BOUGHT just over $9 million in EPIC stock.
Republic Services Inc. (RSG)
Bill Gates' Cascade Investments LLC has BOUGHT another $4.12 million in RSG stock.
Plains Exploration & Production Co. (PXP)
Plains Chairman James Flores has BOUGHT just over $10.08 million in PXP stock.
Republic Services (RSG)
Bill Gates' Cascade Investment LLC has BOUGHT another $3.16 million in RSG stock.
Hercules Offshore Inc. (HERO)
Hercules President & CEO John Rynd and Director Steven Webster have BOUGHT $1.14 million in HERO stock.
Republic Services Inc. (RSG)
Bill Gates' Cascade Investments LLC has BOUGHT an additional $2.8 million in RSG stock. Gates now controls 34.7 million shares worth more than $1 billion.
Continental Resources (CLR)
Continental Chairman & CEO Harold Hamm has BOUGHT $1.77 million in CLR stock.
Knology Inc. (KNOL)
Knology Director Donald Burton has BOUGHT $1.68 million in KNOL stock.
Cenveo Inc. (CVO)
Cenveo Chairman & CEO Robert Burton, CFO Mark Hiltwein, and Directors Robert Obernier and Leonard Green have BOUGHT a combined $1.06 million in CVO stock.
Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD)
Smithfield Foods Director Paul Fribourg has BOUGHT just over $1 million in SFD stock.
Calpine Corp. (CPN)
Calpine 10% Owner SPO Advisors has BOUGHT just over $39.04 million in CPN stock.
Trian Acquisition I Corp. (TUX)
Trian Chairman Nelson Peltz, Vice Chairman Peter May, President & CEO Edward Garden, and Director Joel Smilow have BOUGHT just over $10.14 million in TUX stock.
Griffon Corp. (GFF)
Griffon CEO Ronald Kramer has BOUGHT just over $4.91 million in GFF stock.
Republic Services (RSG)
Bill Gates' Cascade Investments has BOUGHT an additional $3.3 million in RSG stock.
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (LGF)
Lions Gate 10% Owner Mark Rachesky has BOUGHT $2.02 million in LGF stock.
Bronco Drilling Company, Inc. (BRNC)
Bronco Drilling 10% Owner Wexford Capital LLC has BOUGHT $1.11 million in BRNC stock.
El Paso Pipeline Partners L.P. (EPB)
El Paso Pipeline Partners parent company El Paso Corp. has BOUGHT $462 million in EPB stock.
Equity One Inc. (EQY)
Equity One Chairman Chaim Katzman has BOUGHT $9.45 million in EQY stock.
SELLS
Apache Corp. (APA)
Apache Chairman Raymond Plank has SOLD just over $2.55 million in APA stock.
Torchmark (TMK)
Torchmark Mark McAndrew has SOLD an additional $1.92 million in TMK stock.
Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT)
Hugoton Chairman and CEO Bob Simpson has SOLD an additional $3.69 million in HGT stock.
Gulfmark Offshore Inc. (GLF)
Gulfmark Director Robert Millard has SOLD $1.72 million in GLF stock.
MacErich Co. (MAC)
MacErich Chairman & CEO Arthur Coppola and Director Mace Siegel have SOLD just over $10.5 million in MAC stock.
Aaron Rents Inc. (RNT)
Aaron Rents Chairman Charles Loudermilk has SOLD $4.5 million in RNT stock.
Websense Inc. (WBSN)
Websense 10% Owner Shamrock Activist Value Fund has SOLD $4.56 million in WBSN stock.
UnionBanCal Corp. (UB)
27 UnionBanCal insiders, including President & CEO Masaaki Tanaka and COO Philip Flynn, have SOLD $11.3 million* in UB stock.
*correction: previously listed as $11.3 billion
BGC Partners Inc. (BGCP)
BGC 10% Owner Par Investment Partners have SOLD $6.26 million in BGCP stock.
GMX Resources Inc. (GMXR)
GMX President & CEO Ken Kenworthy has SOLD just over $2.27 million in GMXR stock.
American Financial Group (AFG)
AFG SVP & General Counsel James Evans has SOLD $1.66 million in AFG stock.


