Date updated:08-31-2008
Largest insider purchases mentioned in this week's Barron's. Insider purchasing is a more reliable indicator than selling.

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ABMD
Abiomed - $8.14
- -4.80%
- $8.60
A director bought 550,000 shares or $9,872,500 worth of stock.

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MI
New M&i Corporati - $5.36
- -0.37%
- $5.37
Three directors bought 392,142 shares or $5,562,457 worth of stock.

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NEU
Newmarket Corp - $109.21
- -1.42%
- $109.64
A director bought 77,005 shares or $4,965,165 worth of stock.

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REV
Revlon Inc New - $17.22
- -0.52%
- $17.08
A director bought 1,495,396 shares or $1,876,063 worth of stock.

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STI
Suntrust Banks - $22.04
- +0.82%
- $21.67
A director bought 40,000 shares or $1,535,370 worth of stock.

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OVBC
Ohio Valley Banc - $21.2499
- +1.05%
- $20.73
Two directors bought 40,410 shares or $964,152 worth of stock.

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WES
Western Gas Partn - $18.79
- 0.00%
- $18.79
A director bought 59,982 shares or $883,859 worth of stock.

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VRTB
Vestin Realty Mor - $2.11
- -4.09%
- $2.20
The CEO bought 140,000 shares or $672,000 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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