Date updated:07-27-2008
Largest insider purchases mentioned in this week's Barron's. Insider purchasing is a more reliable indicator than selling.

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JAZZ
Jazz Pharmaceutic - $7.03
- -2.90%
- $7.09
Four directors bought 997,328 shares or $6,523,000 worth of stock.

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WES
Western Gas Partn - $18.79
- 0.00%
- $18.79
Two directors bought 136,900 shares or $2,117,000 worth of stock.

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USB
Us Bancorp - $23.29
- +0.69%
- $22.95
Three directors bought 85,300 shares or $1,998,000 worth of stock.

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MSFT
Microsoft Corpora - $29.62
- -0.54%
- $29.67
A director bought 77,000 shares or $1,969,000 worth of stock.

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FMBI
First Midwest Ban - $9.87
- -0.40%
- $9.88
The CEO, CFO, president, three officers and three directors bought 95,417 shares or $1,817,000 worth of stock.

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YUM
Yum Brands Inc - $35.73
- +0.22%
- $35.51
A director bought 50,000 shares or $1,773,000 worth of stock.

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VCLK
Valueclick - $10.00
- +1.11%
- $9.89
Three directors and one officer bought 108,500 shares or $1,112,000 worth of stock.

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ENZ
Enzo Biochem Inc - $5.90
- +0.51%
- $5.83
A officer bought 82,645 shares or $1,100,000 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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