Date updated:06-30-2007
From Barron's 7-2-07:
Largest insider purchases mentioned in this week's Barron's. Insider purchasing is a more reliable indicator than selling.

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BIOF
Biofuel Energy Co - $2.00
- +20.49%
- $1.85
The Chairman of the Board recently purchased 500,000 shares or $5,250,000 worth of stock.

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FBTX
Fbtx - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
Ten insiders recently purchased 299,993 shares or $4,710,000 worth of stock.

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MITI
Micromet - $6.92
- -0.43%
- $6.93
Three directors recently purchased 1,289,736 shares or $3,469,000 worth of stock.

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OCCX
N/a - $2.01
- 0.00
- $2.01
The CEO recently purchased 1,904,760 shares or $1,999,998 worth of stock.

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MEAS
Measurement Speci - $9.06
- -3.72%
- $9.42
A director recently purchased 83,795 shares or $1,840,000 worth of stock.

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HDY
Hyperdynamics Cor - $1.02
- -0.58%
- $1.02
A director recently purchased 437,037 shares or $1,324,000 worth of stock.

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VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceut - $39.38
- +0.82%
- $39.17
A director recently purchased 50,000 shares or $1,323,000 worth of stock.

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GAV
Gav - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
A director recently purchased 200,000 shares or $1,172,000 worth of stock.
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A. How much hype are we going to get? ...
"The Sovereign debt funds the
latest to be in jeopardy." Blah,
Blah, Blah … A new Boggy Woggy for the
bears. IMHO, the talking heads are
going to have a field day EVEN IF a
short term debt solution is worked out.
So, while I certainly don't KNOW, the
risk to reward is with the bears. I plan
to cash out my longs early in the
session. Hoping to catch the market
makers asleep with all that turkey.
Sometimes it isn’t stupid to panic
lite.
Also, if debt is called, it is often
denominated in dollars that can lead to
a short term rise in the dollar’s
value, i.e., a physical shortage of the
paper, 2T dollars out there about 50T in
dollar denominated debt.
But, man, would I like to hear other
thoughts. Certainly is interesting how
this was timed. What BS!
A. The only one I own : SLX,
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