Date updated:02-01-2009
Largest insider purchases mentioned in this week's Barron's. Insider purchasing is a more reliable indicator than selling.

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BLK
Blackrock Inc - $225.66
- -2.36%
- $229.00
A director bought 10,000 shares or $1,050,000 worth of stock.

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GS
Goldman Sachs Grp - $170.01
- -1.63%
- $171.40
A director bought 15,300 shares or $1,019,000 worth of stock.

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BAC
Bk Of America Cp - $16.09
- +0.06%
- $16.03
Two officers and two directors bought 164,600 shares or $945,000 worth of stock.

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IPXL
Impax Laboratorie - $11.30
- -0.62%
- $11.51
The CEO and CFO bought 160,000 shares or $690,000 worth of stock.

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VIM
Van Kampen Tr Ins - $12.81
- +0.39%
- $12.70
A director bought 42,800 shares or $505,000 worth of stock.

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VQ
Venoco - $11.46
- -2.80%
- $11.70
The CEO bought 188,000 shares or $479,000 worth of stock.

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USB
Us Bancorp - $23.29
- +0.69%
- $22.95
Two directors bought 30,000 shares or $437,000 worth of stock.

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GTXI
Gtx - $3.51
- +7.34%
- $3.32
The CEO, president and a director bought 28,700 shares or $298,000 worth of stock.
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A. Here's another one:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/173986-s
hipping-three-high-risk-high-reward-opti
ons
Also, DSX, for instance moved up after
hours.
It might depend on your timeframe. The
related indexes appear to be trending
up. (this is not a recommendation).
A. The only one I own : SLX,
too hard pick a winner out all of them
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