Insider Sentiment: Neutral

Insider trading volumes remained lower than usual as earnings-window lock-ups again impacted activity. Although it varies company to company, insiders are typically not able to trade until two days after earnings are announced. We reiterate what we said last week: "While the overall sentiment does point to both an uptick in buying and a downtick in selling, the activity is too concentrated in specific companies to impart any overall trends." We expect the activity to remain slow over the next few weeks, and we will be keeping a close eye on any post-earnings trends. The weekly score decreased to +962. Meanwhile, the eight-week moving average deviation edged up to +0.69x.

Weekly Entire Market Insider Stats

Week Index

Net Trading

Value

Net Buyers

/ SellersWeekly

Score

Moving Average

Deviation Oct 25 11,963 ($44.8M) +37 962 +0.69x

Oct 18 11,749 $12.5M +32 1,505 +0.62x

Oct 11 11,830 $410.1K +7 560 +0.50x

Oct 04 12,168 ($159.6M) -10 1,134 +0.29x

Sep 27 12,143 $169.9M +15 1,595 +0.05x

Sep 20 12,198 ($321.3M) -104 -1,156 -0.07x

Sep 13 12,322 ($209.6M) -176 -2,671 -0.06x

Sep 06 12,340 ($174.9M) -137 -1,424 +0.03x

Also In This Issue: - Best and Worst Industries - New Best and Worst Companies - Top Company Buying and Selling - Highlighted Transactions What's Hot: Computer Software & Services, Banking Cott (COT), Goodrich Petroleum (GDP), TNS (TNS), Acxiom (ACXM) ... What's Not: Investment Brokerage – National, Retail optionsXpress Holdings (OXPS), Fairchild Semiconductor (FCS), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Claires Stores (CLE) ...

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This page ranks InsiderScore's Macro and Second Level Industry groups by net trading value. See our Industry Drill Down for a complete overview.

Macro Industries

Rank Industry Net Trading Value

Net Buyers/Sellers

Moving Average Deviation

1 Technology $5.9M -2 +0.43x

2 Healthcare $881.1K +3 +0.30x

3 Conglomerates $0 0 -0.17x

4 Industrial Goods ($104.5K) +4 +0.61x

5 Basic Materials ($3.8M) -1 +0.10x

6 Financial ($5.9M) +31 +0.83x

7 Consumer Goods ($8.0M) -9 +0.93x

8 Services ($44.1M) -2 +0.89x

Top 2nd Level Industries

Rank Industry Net Trading Value

Net Buyers/Sellers

Moving Average Deviation

1 Computer Software & Services $12.7M -1 +0.43x

2 Media $1.7M +1 +0.45x

3 Real Estate $1.6M +4 +0.75x

4 Chemicals $1.3M 0 +0.59x

5 Telecommunications $1.3M +1 +0.25x

6 Drugs $905.5K 0 +0.09x

7 Food & Beverage $632.9K +1 +0.88x

8 Leisure $494.5K +1 +0.87x

9 Industrial $466.2K +4 +0.72x

10 Aerospace $92.9K +1 +0.76x

Technology

Financial

Healthcare

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Highlighted Positive Industries

This page includes editorial highlights of industry groups seeing positive changes in insider sentiment.

Business Software & Services

Sentiment in the Computer Software & Services industry has improved markedly over the past five weeks as numerous buyers have emerged. In the Business Software & Services segment, a new director at Informatica (INFA) took down $1.2M in stock, and the chairman of Wind River Systems (WIND) popped up with a 25K-share buy. Meanwhile, the IT Services segment has been driven by a 10% owner at Acxiom (ACXM) that has been building its stake and offering up a takeover bid for the company. Buyers have also popped up at small caps like Artisoft (ASFT).

Banking

After an early September swoon, the Banking industry has roared back with some intensity. Among the notable buyers have been a director at JPMorgan Chase (JPM), who was doubling down on his 10K-share holding; an initial director buy at KeyCorp (KEY); multiple insiders at Coast Financial Holdings (CFHI); and a director at Washington Mutual (WM). Among the credit card issuing names, such as JPM, it will be interesting to see what impact new bankruptcy laws have in the fourth quarter. There were people lined up to file for bankruptcy outside the courthouse in Manhattan on the business day before the new law went into effect, if that’s any indication.

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Highlighted Negative Industries

This page includes editorial highlights of industry groups seeing negative changes in insider sentiment.

Investment Brokerage - National

Bond and credit rating underwriting gains have helped major brokerages buck some industry headwinds when it comes to earnings, but insiders are not showing much willingness to stick it out. Post-earnings sellers have emerged at Morgan Stanley (MWD), Goldman Sachs (GS), Merrill Lynch (MER), and Charles Schwab (SCH), among others. In the meantime, the co-founder/COO of optionsXpress Holdings (OXPS) made his first sell, which came ten months after the company’s IPO and with the stock down more than –20% from its 52-week high.

Retail

With Thanksgiving and the all-important holiday shopping season around the corner, we’re starting to see some signs from the Retail industry. In the past two weeks, open market sellers have popped up at Sears Holdings (SHLD), Federated Department Stores (FD), and appliance/electronics retailer Conn’s (CONN). We also saw a large – almost 1M share – exercise & sell at Target (TGT) with the stock in the middle of its 52-week range and the options long vested and years away from expiration.

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Best and Worst Detailed Industries

To determine an industry's ranking, we evaluate its standing across five different metrics. See our complete list of Best and Worst industries.

Top 20 Industries

Rank Industry Deviation

1 Specialty Retail, Other +1.57x

2 Credit Services +1.73x

3 Regional - Mid-atlantic Banks +1.45x

4 Air Delivery & Freight Services +1.22x

5 Security & Protection Services +0.92x

6 Long-term Care Facilities +1.20x

7 Industrial Metals & Minerals +1.09x

8 Reit - Diversified +0.90x

9 Broadcasting - Tv +0.66x

10 Personal Products +1.00x

11 Education & Training Services +0.83x

12 Computers Wholesale +0.82x

13 Apparel Stores +1.14x

14 Money Center Banks +0.66x

15 Electronics Wholesale +0.71x

16 Catalog & Mail Order Houses +0.60x

17 Industrial Electrical Equipment +0.72x

18 Mortgage Investment +0.34x

19 Regional - Northeast Banks +0.36x

20 Resorts & Casinos +0.98x

Bottom 20 Industries

Rank Industry Deviation

1 Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing -1.72x

2 Semiconductor - Broad Line -0.60x

3 Metal Fabrication -0.43x

4 Staffing & Outsourcing Services -0.58x

5 Business Services -0.38x

6 Regional Airlines -0.59x

7 Investment Brokerage - Regional -0.61x

8 Regional - Pacific Banks -0.40x

9 Drugs - Generic -0.46x

10 Regional - Southwest Banks -0.31x

11 Basic Materials Wholesale -0.59x

12 Life Insurance -0.32x

13 Toys & Games -0.34x

14 Diagnostic Substances -0.35x

15 Sporting Goods -0.45x

16 Medical Appliances & Equipment -0.05x

17 Packaging & Containers -0.20x

18 Textile - Apparel Footwear & Accessories -0.08x

19 Farm & Construction Machinery -0.04x

20 Grocery Stores -0.07x

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New Best Companies

This page displays companies with the the most recent notable changes in buying versus past buying and selling trends. See the Best Section for our complete list of 100+ best companies including breakdowns by Market Cap.

Rank Symbol CompanyMarket

Cap

1-Month Shares Bought

1-Month Amount Bought

Average Purchase

PriceYesterday's

Price

Delta from Avg Purchase

Price 1 OLBK 97 Old Line Bancshares $22.0M 25.5K $248.6K $9.75 $10.04 3.0%

2 TNS 5 Tns $389.5M 25.0K $446.5K $17.86 $17.84 -0.1%

3 COT 97 Cott Corp $1.0B 45.0K $632.9K $14.07 $14.16 0.7%

4 PSEC 100 Prospect Energy Corp $100.9M 49.7K $684.1K $13.76 $14.20 3.2%

5 UNTY 95 Unity Bancorp $76.8M 57.6K $719.5K $12.50 $12.75 2.0%

6 SYK 3 Stryker Corp $16.6B 5.0K $201.9K $40.37 $41.35 2.4%

7 OI 83 Owens Illinois $2.8B 10.0K $181.0K $18.10 $18.30 1.1%

8 BUCY 1 Bucyrus International $849.3M 146.0 $6.0K $40.96 $42.65 4.1%

9 LGN 100 Lodgian $245.6M 139.5K $1.4M $10.07 $9.99 -0.8%

10 INFA 95 Informatica Corp $1.0B 100.0K $1.2M $11.67 $11.60 -0.6%

11 CALC 80 California Coastal Commun... $355.6M 22.8K $794.6K $34.82 $35.00 0.5%

12 EMFP 87 Emergency Filtration Prod... $30.6M 100.0K $84.4K $0.84 $0.79 -6.4%

13 TYG 87 Tortoise Energy Infrastru... $369.7M 1.5K $42.8K $28.50 $28.90 1.4%

14 BTFG 93 Banctrust Financial Group $200.7M 6.0K $109.5K $18.25 $18.28 0.2%

15 CAVB 11 Cavalry Bancorp $153.2M 5.2K $109.1K $20.82 $21.00 0.9%

16 INVI 30 Integral Vision $50.1M 33.4K $52.4K $1.57 $1.70 8.3%

17 CRTQ 86 Cortech $10.7M 29.2K $77.7K $2.66 N/A N/A

18 WM 9 Washington Mutual $33.1B 3.0K $113.5K $37.83 $37.84 0.0%

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Notable Company-Wide Buying This section displays the companies with the most buying based on this week's filings using our proprietary scoring algorithm.

# Symbol Company Total Buys (Position)Market

CapSum Trans

ScoreTotal

Shares Avg PriceTotal

Value 1 PSEC 100 Prospect Energy Corp 6 - CEO, Dir, Officer, 10% $100.9M 7.6 48.7K $13.75 $669.7K

2 MWY 100 Midway Games 9 - 10% $1.5B 7.3 296.0K $16.99 $5.0M

3 COT 97 Cott Corp 3 - CEO, Dir, Officer $1.0B 5.7 45.0K $14.07 $632.9K

4 OLBK 97 Old Line Bancshares 7 - CEO, Dir, Officer $22.0M 4.5 25.5K $9.75 $248.6K

5 INFA 95 Informatica Corp 2 - Dir $1.0B 4.0 100.0K $11.67 $1.2M

6 TNS 5 Tns 2 - CEO, Dir, Officer $389.5M 3.8 25.0K $17.86 $446.5K

7 PCYO 92 Pure Cycle Corp 5 - 10% $92.5M 3.6 147.7K $5.92 $874.5K

8 MHTT 98 Manhattan Pharmaceuticals 2 - CEO, Dir, Officer $52.3M 3.2 10.0K $1.30 $13.0K

9 KANAE 98 Kana Software 4 - 10% $44.9M 3.2 179.5K $1.29 $230.8K

10 ACXM 95 Acxiom Corp 3 - Officer, 10% $1.8B 3.1 384.9K $18.82 $7.2M

11 UNTY 95 Unity Bancorp 3 - Dir, 10%, Other $76.8M 3.0 57.6K $12.50 $719.5K

12 NTRZ 100 Nutracea 3 - Dir, Officer $37.8M 2.8 48.5K $1.06 $51.5K

13 CSE 100 Capitalsource 3 - 10% $2.6B 2.6 127.6K $22.21 $2.8M

14 RFMI 97 Rf Monolithics 3 - 10% $40.2M 1.9 60.5K $5.14 $311.0K

15 GDP 99 Goodrich Petroleum Corp 2 - Dir, 10% $544.2M 1.8 56.0K $19.37 $1.1M

16 CALC 80 California Coastal Communities 5 - 10% $355.6M 1.8 22.8K $34.82 $794.6K

17 AGIX 100 Atherogenics 2 - 10% $576.4M 1.7 80.0K $15.36 $1.2M

18 JPM 97 J P Morgan Chase & Co 1 - Dir $125.5B 1.7 10.0K $35.65 $356.5K

19 RPT 95 Ramco Gershenson Properties Trust 1 - CEO, Dir, Officer $463.6M 1.7 5.0K $28.00 $140.0K

20 SYK 3 Stryker Corp 1 - CEO, Dir, Officer $16.6B 1.7 5.0K $40.37 $201.9K

21 OI 83 Owens Illinois 1 - CEO, Dir, Officer $2.8B 1.7 10.0K $18.10 $181.0K

22 ESI 100 Itt Educational Services 3 - 10% $2.3B 1.6 50.0K $47.80 $2.4M

23 LGN 100 Lodgian 6 - 10% $245.6M 1.6 22.0K $9.96 $219.2K

24 HNAB 93 Hana Biosciences 1 - CEO, Dir, Officer $90.7M 1.6 10.9K $4.59 $50.0K

25 CT 99 Capital Trust 2 - Dir $486.4M 1.5 19.2K $29.95 $575.0K

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New Worst Companies

This page displays companies with the the most recent notable changes in selling versus past buying and selling trends. See the Worst Section for our complete list of 100+ worst companies including breakdowns by Market Cap.

Rank Symbol CompanyMarket

Cap

1-Month Shares

Sold

1-Month Amount

Sold

Average Selling

PriceYesterday's

Price

Delta from Avg Purchase

Price 1 OXPS 91 Optionsxpress Holdings. $1.1B (194.3K) ($3.6M) $18.65 $18.35 -1.6%

2 CORT 93 Corcept Therapeutics $110.8M (1.3K) ($6.3K) $5.00 $5.05 0.9%

3 CASB 90 Cascade Financial Corp $170.1M (1.2K) ($20.4K) $17.75 $17.75 0%

4 AOS 16 Smith A O Corp $271.2M (51.6K) ($1.6M) $31.76 $31.80 0.1%

5 MOLX 28 Molex $2.1B (15.6K) ($405.6K) $26.07 $24.79 -4.9%

6 LUV 11 Southwest Airlines Co $12.2B (286.6K) ($4.5M) $15.78 $15.90 0.8%

7 TREN 31 Torrent Energy Corp $47.5M (10.0K) ($17.0K) $1.70 $1.89 11.2%

8 LXBK 32 Lsb Bancshares $154.7M (1.2K) ($21.3K) $17.71 $18.16 2.5%

9 CCDC 23 Concorde Career Colleges $82.5M (600.0K) ($9.1M) $15.11 $13.75 -9.0%

10 FRS 36 Frischs Restaurants $121.7M (5.0K) ($115.9K) $23.18 $23.99 3.5%

11 NEOG 16 Neogen Corp $154.1M (15.5K) ($291.0K) $18.78 $18.50 -1.5%

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Notable Company-Wide Selling This section displays the companies with the most selling based on this week's filings using our proprietary scoring.

# Symbol Company Total Sells (Position)Market

CapSum Trans

ScoreTotal

Shares Avg PriceTotal

Value 1 SEIC 1 Sei Investments Co 4 - CEO, Dir, Officer, 10% $3.8B -9.5 (325.0K) $37.89 ($12.3M)

2 HOC 1 Holly Corp 9 - Dir $1.7B -6.8 (118.8K) $51.73 ($6.1M)

3 CLE 4 Claires Stores 3 - CEO, Dir, Officer $2.6B -6.6 (543.3K) $25.71 ($14.0M)

4 XJT 1 Expressjet Holdings 6 - 10% $474.9M -5.5 (363.2K) $9.19 ($3.3M)

5 CIDI 15 Chart Industries 3 - Dir, 10% $340.7M -5.4 (3.6M) $64.75 ($231.3M)

6 LUV 11 Southwest Airlines Co 4 - Dir, Officer $12.2B -4.8 (286.6K) $15.78 ($4.5M)

7 ADGO 11 Adams Golf 5 - Dir, Officer, 10% $30.6M -4.6 (55.0K) $1.36 ($75.1K)

8 UNF 2 Unifirst Corp 8 - CEO, Dir, Officer, 10% $689.9M -3.9 (10.3K) $35.15 ($362.1K)

9 GS 7 Goldman Sachs Group 3 - Dir, Officer $55.7B -3.8 (48.8K) $120.72 ($5.9M)

10 QEPC 14 Qep Co 4 - Dir $36.2M -3.4 (35.5K) $10.33 ($366.7K)

11 CYMI 2 Cymer 2 - CEO, Dir, Officer $1.3B -3.2 (30.1K) $37.03 ($1.1M)

12 FCS 6 Fairchild Semiconductor International 3 - Dir $1.9B -3.2 (55.0K) $15.48 ($851.7K)

13 OXPS 91 Optionsxpress Holdings. 2 - Dir, Officer $1.1B -3.1 (194.3K) $18.65 ($3.6M)

14 TCBK 12 Trico Bancshares 4 - Dir $333.9M -2.8 (114.0K) $21.61 ($2.5M)

15 ERIE 2 Erie Indemnity Co 2 - Officer $3.3B -2.6 (32.0K) $52.28 ($1.7M)

16 AOS 16 Smith A O Corp 1 - CEO, Officer $271.2M -2.6 (51.6K) $31.76 ($1.6M)

17 QMED 9 Qmed 2 - Dir, Officer $191.4M -2.6 (20.0K) $10.62 ($212.4K)

18 ALOG 1 Analogic Corp 4 - Dir $666.2M -2.3 (20.0K) $49.84 ($996.9K)

19 CCDC 23 Concorde Career Colleges 1 - 10% $82.5M -2.3 (600.0K) $15.11 ($9.1M)

20 XNN 3 Xenonics Holdings. 6 - 10% $34.3M -2.2 (35.4K) $1.94 ($68.6K)

21 DHCC 18 Diamondhead Casino Corp 1 - Officer $34.9M -1.9 (25.0K) $1.37 ($34.3K)

22 VNBC 13 Vineyard National Bancorp 4 - Dir $282.6M -1.9 (40.8K) $28.16 ($1.1M)

23 CRM 9 Salesforce Com 1 - Officer $2.7B -1.8 (10.0K) $25.00 ($249.1K)

24 ONEI 15 Oneida Ltd 2 - 10% $65.3M -1.8 (216.4K) $1.34 ($290.6K)

25 MOLX 28 Molex 1 - Officer $2.1B -1.6 (15.6K) $26.07 ($405.6K)

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Highlighted Transactions

Date Symbol IS Company Insider (Position) Trans Score Shares Price Value

Shares Owned Filing

Oct-25 OXPS 91 Optionsxpress Holdings. Ned W Bennett (Chief Operating Officer) -1.8 105.0K $57.3K $2.0M 1.0M 4

COO Selling: In the wake of an in-line earnings reports, the chief executive officer at online brokerage OptionsXpress Holdings (OXPS) sold more than $3.7M in stock.

Ned Bennett sold 194.3K shares at $18.80 to $18.48 on October 21st/24th. Whiskey Golf Investments II LP, an investment vehicle, held the shares. Bennett still holds more than 2.77M shares of OXPS, or about 4.5% of the company. Bennett's sales were the first by an OXPS insider since the company's January initial public offering.

Since closing at $23.90 on its first day out of the gate, OXPS has fallen a little more than -23% in value. [read more]

Oct-25 LUV 11 Southwest Airlines Co Herbert D Kelleher (Director) -1.9 225.0K $116.4K $3.5M 3.8M 4

Multiple Insiders Selling On Strength: Four insiders at Southwest Airlines (LUV), including Chairman and co-founder Herb Kelleher, have sold stock since the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on October 20th.

Kelleher was the biggest seller, disposing of 225K shares at $15.75 to $15.79 on October 21st. That same day, Director June Morris sold 36K shares at $15.75 to $15.80, and President Colleen Barrett sold 15K shares at $15.76 to $15.78. Yesterday, Director Rollin King followed the trio by selling 10.6K shares at $15.90. [read more]

Oct-24 OI 83 Owens Illinois Steven R Mccracken (CEO) 1.7 10.0K $6.0K $181.0K 239.2K 4

CEO Buying: With shares of Owens-Illinois (OI) down more than -34% from their August high, the company's CEO stepped up this morning with the biggest insider buy in more than a year.

Steven McCracken bought 10K shares of OI at $18.10 earlier today, upping his stake in the company to a little more than 239K shares. McCracken was last buying at $14.02 in April 2004, when he exercised options on about 54K shares. He was granted 155K shares that same month as part of his compensation for joining OI. Director Helge Wehmeier is the only other OI insider who has bought stock over the past two years, having taken down 6K shares at $22.80 to $25.67 in January and April.

Since hitting a six-year high of $27.50 on August 30th, shares of OI have lost ground almost every trading day. [read more]

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Highlighted Transactions

Date Symbol IS Company Insider (Position) Trans Score Shares Price Value

Shares Owned Filing

Oct-24 MTEX 4 Mannatech Bettina S Simon (General Counsel and Sr VP) -1.5 12.0K $8.2K $119.2K 8.0K 4

Executive Selling On Weakness: With the company besieged by securities class-action lawsuits, Mannatech's (MTEX) top internal lawyer has been selling stock.

General Counsel Bettina Simon has sold 20K shares of MTEX at $9.90 to $10.80 since October 12th. Simon's latest sale, disclosed this morning, was for 12K shares at $9.90 to $10.00 on October 19th, leaving her holding just 8K shares. MTEX develops nutritional supplements, topical products, and weight-management products. The company sells its products through a network of independent salespeople.

MTEX's problems began in May when an article in Barron's raised questions about the effectiveness of the company's dietary supplements, tactics used by its salespeople, the background of MTEX's CEO, and a pending civil suit against the company. [read more]

Oct-24 COT 97 Cott Corp B Clyde Preslar (CFO) 2.2 25.0K $11.3K $351.4K 25.0K 4

Initial CFO Buying On Weakness: One day after shares of soft drink maker Cott Corporation (COT) hit a four-year low, the company's chief financial officer made his first open market purchase of stock.

Clyde Preslar, who joined COT on August 29th, bought 25K shares at $14.03 to $14.10 today. Preslar's buy was only the second by a COT insider in more than two years (a new director took down 2.5K shares back in February). Preslar was formerly the CFO of Lance, Inc., a manufacturer of branded and private-label snack foods, and he previously served as the director of Investor Relations for both Black & Decker (BDK) and RJR Nabisco.

Shares of COT fell to $13.64 on Friday, the stock's lowest price since October 2001. [read more]

Oct-21 GDP 99 Goodrich Petroleum Corp Josiah T Austin (Director) 1.1 46.0K $40.4K $888.6K 5.2M 4

10% Owner Buying: After buying aggressively in May and adding to his holdings in June and July, Josiah Austin has been adding to his stake in oil and natural gas exploration & production firm Goodrich Petroleum (GDP) recently.

Austin, a director at GDP since 2002, bought 90.7K shares at $19.32 to $19.65 from October 13th to October 20th. His last buy was a 10K-share block at $19.64.

Austin's stake in GDP is held through a private investment vehicle, El Coronado Holdings. Austin is a cattle rancher who has sat on the boards of Monterey Bay Bancorp and North Fork Bancorporation (NFB). [read more]

Highlighted Transactions

Date Symbol IS Company Insider (Position) Trans Score Shares Price Value

Shares Owned Filing

Oct-19 BMM 94 Bimini Mortgage Management Jeffrey J Zimmer (CEO) 0.8 3.5K $4.3K $33.5K 85.9K 4

CEO Buying On Weakness: The CEO of real estate investment trust Bimini Mortgage Management (BMM) bought shares on the same day the stock hit a new low.

CEO Jeffrey Zimmer bought 3.5K shares at $9.69 to $9.72 yesterday. BMM bottomed out at $9.62 during intraday trading, its lowest level since going public at $14.50 last October (the stock opened at $16.00 on day one). Zimmer was last buying BMM at $14.79 to $15.20 in February.

After paying out a 38-cent per share dividend, good for a 15.4% annualized yield, on September 20th, shares of BMM have fallen almost -20%. [read more]

Oct-19 FD 27 Federated Department Stores Ronald W Tysoe (Vice Chair) -1.3 20.0K $15.8K $1.3M 32.8K 4

Director Selling On Weakness: With the stock coming in off of recent highs, the vice chairman of Federated Department Stores (FD) sold about 40% of his holdings late last week.

Ronald Tysoe sold 20K shares at $63.07 to $63.18 on October 14th, good for $1.3M in net proceeds, and leaving him with about 31.6K shares. Last November, Tysoe exercised options on 100K shares and sold them at $57.93, reaping more than $2.4M in gains. The options had become exercisable between 1997 and 2001.

Two weeks ago, FD reported a 1.3% rise in September same-store sales, ahead of the 0.6% gain analysts expected. [read more]

Oct-19 AA 84 Alcoa James W Owens (Director) 0.3 4.3K $12.6K $100.3K 5.0K 4

Directors Buying: With shares of Alcoa (AA) hovering around a two-year low, two directors at the aluminum giant stepped up and made open market buys.

On October 12th, Klaus Kleinfeld, a director since November 2004 and the chairman & CEO of Siemens (SI), bought 1.4K shares at $23.15. Meanwhile, yesterday, James Owens, the chairman & CEO of Caterpillar (CAT) and an AA director since June, made his first purchase, buying 4.3K shares at $23.32. Previously, Kleinfeld bought 500 shares of AA at $29.61 back in April.

Shares of AA fell to $22.28 on October 14th, their lowest mark since May 2003, and down from a November 2004, 52-week high of $34.99. [read more]

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