Date updated:10-05-2008
Largest insider purchases mentioned in this week's Barron's. Insider purchasing is a more reliable indicator than selling.

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VNDA
Vanda Pharmaceuti - $0.68
- +4.62%
- $0.68
A beneficial owner bought 1,860,850 shares or $1,859,556 worth of stock.

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CLR
Continental Resrc - $26.19
- +6.59%
- $25.71
The CEO bought 50,000 shares or $1,767,830 worth of stock.

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KNOL
Knology - $5.51
- -0.90%
- $5.60
A director bought 200,000 shares or $1,683,697 worth of stock.

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CVO
Cenveo Inc - $5.30
- +6.00%
- $5.05
Six directors bought 156,350 shares or $1,171,616 worth of stock.

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HERO
Hercules Offshore - $5.75
- +8.29%
- $5.41
The CEO and a director bought 70,846 shares or $1,136,851 worth of stock.

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SFD
Smithfield Foods - $15.03
- +4.01%
- $14.48
Two directors bought 67,100 shares or $1,009,946 worth of stock.

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TUX
Trian Acq I Corp - $9.05
- -0.11%
- $9.06
A director bought 100,000 shares or $889,050 worth of stock.

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HUN
Huntsman Corporat - $3.51
- +4.78%
- $3.42
A director bought 100,300 shares or $852,665 worth of stock.
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investing the market the best think you
can do right now is watch. The market
is not cheap in any way right now other
than the comparsion of where it just was
over a year ago. The market and economy
are going to a lot longer than what most
people think to become stable let alone
recover.
A. small trading before thrusday
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