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 - $1.71
- -8.56%
- $1.90
Four directors bought 997,328 shares or $6,523,000 worth of stock.

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FXRE
Fx Real Estate An - $0.14
- -6.04%
- $0.15
The president and a officer bought 1,642,860 shares or $2,605,000 worth of stock.

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WES
Western Gas Partn - $14.81
- +0.75%
- $14.95
Two directors bought 136,900 shares or $2,117,000 worth of stock.

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USB
Us Bancorp - $23.75
- -1.08%
- $24.34
Three directors bought 85,300 shares or $1,998,000 worth of stock.

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MSFT
Microsoft Corpora - $20.76
- +1.17%
- $20.78
A director bought 77,000 shares or $1,969,000 worth of stock.

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FMBI
First Midwest Ban - $18.89
- +1.83%
- $18.83
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 - $32.81
- -0.18%
- $32.85
A director bought 50,000 shares or $1,773,000 worth of stock.

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VCLK
Valueclick - $7.42
- +4.07%
- $7.18
Three directors and one officer bought 108,500 shares or $1,112,000 worth of stock.
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A. do yourself a big favor and read cramers
books first. no one should be in the
market without some knowledge of how it
works. also, the market may well be over
valued. no one knows. finally, if you
just have to ignore this advice, stay
way away from 2x or 3x etf's. good luck,
mike
A. small trading before thrusday
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