Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today we look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. At Insperity, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Thursday, CEO Paul J. Sar...
Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today we look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. At Insperity, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Thursday, CEO Paul J. Sarvadi bought 201,987 shares of NSP, for a cost of $23.21 each, for a total investment of $4.69M. So far Sarvadi is in the green, up about 9.4% on their buy based on today's trading high of $25.39. Insperity is trading up about 10.8% on the day Friday. And on Tuesday, G. Leonard Baker Jr. purchased $3.31M worth of Corcept Therapeutics, purchasing 100,000 shares at a cost of $33.14 each. This buy marks the first one filed by Baker Jr. in the past year. Corcept Therapeutics is trading up about 4.7% on the day Friday. So far Baker Jr. is in the green, up about 9.4% on their buy based on today's trading high of $36.25. VIDEO: Friday 3/20 Insider Buying Report: NSP, CORT The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Investors in Boston Scientific Corp. (Symbol: BSX) saw new options begin trading today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be availabl...
Investors in Boston Scientific Corp. (Symbol: BSX) saw new options begin trading today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the BSX options chain for the new March 2027 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $70.00 strike price has a current bid of $7.70. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $70.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $62.30 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of BSX, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $70.43/share today. Because the $70.00 strike represents an approximate 1% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 62%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 11.00% return on the cash commitment, or 11.03% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for Boston Scientific Corp., and highlighting in green where the $70.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to the calls s...
Investors in American Express Co. (Symbol: AXP) saw new options become available today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available f...
Investors in American Express Co. (Symbol: AXP) saw new options become available today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the AXP options chain for the new March 2027 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $290.00 strike price has a current bid of $32.50. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $290.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $257.50 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of AXP, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $292.61/share today. Because the $290.00 strike represents an approximate 1% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 62%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 11.21% return on the cash commitment, or 11.24% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for American Express Co., and highlighting in green where the $290.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to the calls ...
Investors in Chevron Corporation (Symbol: CVX) saw new options become available today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for...
Investors in Chevron Corporation (Symbol: CVX) saw new options become available today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CVX options chain for the new March 2027 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $200.00 strike price has a current bid of $18.95. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $200.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $181.05 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of CVX, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $202.44/share today. Because the $200.00 strike represents an approximate 1% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 59%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 9.47% return on the cash commitment, or 9.50% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for Chevron Corporation, and highlighting in green where the $200.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to the calls side ...
Investors in Deere & Co. (Symbol: DE) saw new options begin trading today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly trading contracts
Investors in Deere & Co. (Symbol: DE) saw new options begin trading today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly trading contracts
Investors in Altria Group Inc (Symbol: MO) saw new options become available today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly available cont
Investors in Altria Group Inc (Symbol: MO) saw new options become available today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly available cont
Investors in Wells Fargo & Co (Symbol: WFC) saw new options begin trading today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly trading contracts
Investors in Wells Fargo & Co (Symbol: WFC) saw new options begin trading today, for the March 2027 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 364 days until expiration the newly trading contracts
Super Micro Computer shares plummeted after the company's co-founder and two others were charged with illegally funneling restricted AI hardware to China.
Super Micro Computer shares plummeted after the company's co-founder and two others were charged with illegally funneling restricted AI hardware to China.
With The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on hiatus until at least 27 March, late-night hosts on Thursday discussed Donald Trump’s snafu while meeting Japan’s prime minister, his caginess over Iran, and new findings in the Epstein investigations. Jimmy Kimmel On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host discussed Trump’s visit to Japan and meeting with Sanae Takaichi. As a welcome gift, the prime minister presen...
With The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on hiatus until at least 27 March, late-night hosts on Thursday discussed Donald Trump’s snafu while meeting Japan’s prime minister, his caginess over Iran, and new findings in the Epstein investigations. Jimmy Kimmel On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host discussed Trump’s visit to Japan and meeting with Sanae Takaichi. As a welcome gift, the prime minister presented the US president with 250 cherry trees to commemorate the upcoming 250th US anniversary. “This is a guy who paved over the Rose Garden,” commented Kimmel. “What is he going to do with 250 cherry trees? He’ll probably use them to build a Waffle House or something.” Trump’s main agenda for the Takaichi meeting was to convince Japan to support his ongoing war in Iran. When asked in a press conference why he did not tell US allies of the attacks in advance, he said: “We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” “I guess we should be grateful he didn’t do an accent,” joked Kimmel. “What is going through that orange head of his there? There’s no doubt in my mind that everything he knows about Pearl Harbor begins and ends with the movie starring Ben Affleck.” Kimmel then moved on to developments in the Epstein files investigations. Despite Trump’s claims that Epstein was kicked out of Mar-a-Lago, a newly unredacted 2009 email between Trump and Epstein’s attorneys shows Trump saying that Epstein was “not a member. May have been a guest. Never asked to leave.” “This document from 17 years ago would indicate that the president of the United States isn’t telling the truth,” said Kimmel, pretending to be shocked. Meanwhile the partial US government shutdown has resulted in long airport lines across the country, with 50,000 TSA agents working without pay. “Some of them from the TSA are reported to be selling blood to pay their bills,” said Kimmel, “which is even harder for TSA agents because they’re not allowed to put th...
VV Shots/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ) reported its second-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings in January, and based on the numbers, it was a solid beat. Revenue came in at $81.3 billion, topping both the Wall Street consensus by 1.24% and management's own guidance range of $79.5 billion to $80.6 billion. Meanwhile, diluted EPS (non-GAAP) hit $4.14, topping estimates by...
VV Shots/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ) reported its second-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings in January, and based on the numbers, it was a solid beat. Revenue came in at $81.3 billion, topping both the Wall Street consensus by 1.24% and management's own guidance range of $79.5 billion to $80.6 billion. Meanwhile, diluted EPS (non-GAAP) hit $4.14, topping estimates by 5.69%. Not only that, Azure is all but sold out. The fact that the stock dropped 19% as a result makes no sense. On paper, this was a beat-and-raise quarter, the kind of report that generally gets rewarded. However, the market did what it did and focused on how fast Microsoft is spending compared with how fast that money is turning into revenue. Classic overreaction given the company's pipeline, which this analysis will cover. With that in mind, my rating for Microsoft remains a Strong Buy amid the selloff. What was in Microsoft’s second-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings report? Under the hood, one of the most notable aspects of Microsoft’s latest earnings report is its cloud business. For the first time, Microsoft Cloud revenue crossed the $50 billion mark in a single quarter, growing 26% year over year to $51.5 billion. That is a notable milestone. Microsoft is now generating over $200 billion in annualized revenue from cloud services alone. Within the cloud, Azure and other cloud services increased 39%. That’s a notable growth rate for a business this size, though it’s a step down from the 40% growth rate it posted in the prior first quarter, which likely contributed to Wall Street’s negative reaction despite the overall quarterly beat. Meanwhile, the broader Intelligent Cloud business brought in $32.9 billion, which is up 29% from the same period last year. This segment includes Azure, along with server products and enterprise services. Then there’s Productivity and Business Processes, housing Office 365, LinkedIn, and Dynamics 365. This segment’s revenue for the recent qua...
In this article, I'm looking at two companies that could be bargains at today's prices, but to show that to be the case, their business performances will have to do the talking in 2026. The first is a fintech operator that had a big stock price jump in 2025 but is experiencing a significant pullback so far this year for a handful of reasons. The other has a monopoly in satellite radio, and while s...
In this article, I'm looking at two companies that could be bargains at today's prices, but to show that to be the case, their business performances will have to do the talking in 2026. The first is a fintech operator that had a big stock price jump in 2025 but is experiencing a significant pullback so far this year for a handful of reasons. The other has a monopoly in satellite radio, and while shares are up in 2026, it still has significant ground to make up, with the stock price down 62% over the last five years. Stock No. 1: SoFi Technologies Shares of SoFi Technologies (SOFI 0.50%) have been under pressure for a variety of reasons in 2026. A specific investor concern that followed the company from last year into this one was a $1.5 billion secondary stock offering priced at $27.50 per share in early December 2025.Shareholders became worried about dilution, and it may take several quarters for those worries to subside. The stock price drop this year has been compounded by the broader issues of investors moving out of risk assets, artificial intelligence (AI) scare trades around the wealth management industry, and broad geopolitical and economic uncertainty. To add to those concerns, the investment research firm Muddy Waters Research issued a report on March 17 that made several allegations about SoFi, including an assertion that it had made "a material misstatement of at least $312 million of unrecorded debt." The fintech operator responded that the report was "factually inaccurate and misleading," and said that it intends to explore a legal response.Also seemingly in response to the report, SoFi CEO Anthony Noto purchased over 28,000 shares worth approximately $500,000 the same day it was published. Adding everything together, there's a lot of uncertainty swirling around the company, so SoFi's business performance will really have to do the heavy lifting to calm investors' worries. Its 2026 earnings outlook suggests that's possible. Expand NASDAQ : SOFI SoFi Te...
Bond Markets Are Beginning To Panic Over Inflation By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank Look To America US equity indices closed lower yesterday but were comparative outperformers against European and Asian counterparts, which were roundly brutalized. The relative performance of equity markets reflects what is happening in oil markets, where the law of one price is being strain...
Bond Markets Are Beginning To Panic Over Inflation By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank Look To America US equity indices closed lower yesterday but were comparative outperformers against European and Asian counterparts, which were roundly brutalized. The relative performance of equity markets reflects what is happening in oil markets, where the law of one price is being strained by a complete dearth of oil in Asia, a shortage of oil in Europe, and relative abundance in North America. The spread between West Texas crude and the more international Brent crude is now at its widest level since the Covid demand shock of 2020. The oil market has fragmented: Oil is now trading for $150/bbl in Asia (except the occasional sanctioned Iranian tanker) where demand destruction has started. China and India most pressured. Meanwhile it is still $100 in the US https://t.co/QweAyzEN0a pic.twitter.com/YyvgAMdMwl — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 17, 2026 At the risk of stating the obvious, the oil market is experiencing unprecedented tightness; the Brent prompt spread is current 4.55 sigma from the long-run mean. Dramatic as this is, it probably understates the severity of the situation in Asian markets where the loss of Gulf cargoes is being felt most acutely. The Wall Street Journal is today reporting warnings from Saudi Arabia that oil prices could spike as high as $180/bbl if disruptions persist into late April, and Reuters reported yesterday that Australia – a net energy exporter, but not of oil – is buying record volumes of products from ExxonMobil, BP and Vitol shipped from the United States. Usually, Australia buys most of its oil products from Asian countries - especially Singapore. There’s a neat historical parallel here because 75 years ago Australian PM Curtin announced that “Australia looks to America” after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese. This time Australia is looking to America after the fall of the Singapore refining industry and confirmation...
Despite being declared the third-hottest year on record, 2025 was a relatively quiet year for climate disasters in the US. No major hurricanes made landfall, while the total number of acres burned in wildfires last year—a way of measuring the intensity of wildfire season —fell below the 10-year average. But starting this week, the West is experiencing what looks to be a record-breaking heat wave, ...
Despite being declared the third-hottest year on record, 2025 was a relatively quiet year for climate disasters in the US. No major hurricanes made landfall, while the total number of acres burned in wildfires last year—a way of measuring the intensity of wildfire season —fell below the 10-year average. But starting this week, the West is experiencing what looks to be a record-breaking heat wave, while forecasting models predict that a strong El Niño event is likely to emerge later this year. These two unrelated phenomena could set the stage for a long stretch of unpredictable and extreme weather reaching into next year, compounding the effects of a climate that’s getting hotter and hotter thanks to human activity. First, there’s the heat. Beginning this week and heading into next, a massive ridge of high-pressure air will bring record-breaking temperatures to the American West. The National Weather Service predicts that temperature records across multiple states are set to be broken in dozens of locations, stretching as far east as Missouri and Tennessee. The NWS has issued heat warnings for parts of California, Arizona, and Nevada, as well as fire warnings for parts of Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Colorado. Read full article Comments
patty_c/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images A couple of days ago, on March 16, news broke that self-storage companies Public Storage ( PSA ) and National Storage Affiliates Trust ( NSA ) have decided to combine in an all-stock deal reportedly worth around $10.5 billion. This is actually an intriguing transaction in my view, even though it is rather complex structurally. At the end of the day, it is...
patty_c/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images A couple of days ago, on March 16, news broke that self-storage companies Public Storage ( PSA ) and National Storage Affiliates Trust ( NSA ) have decided to combine in an all-stock deal reportedly worth around $10.5 billion. This is actually an intriguing transaction in my view, even though it is rather complex structurally. At the end of the day, it is being advertised as a purchase of National Storage Affiliates Trust by Public Storage. And the goal here is for that company to become even more dominant in a space that it is a giant in while simultaneously using that additional scale to cut down on costs for the sake of shareholders. Truly, this transaction is intriguing, though neither company has been particularly impressive over the last couple of years. At the end of the day, if synergies are realized, I can see shareholders of both businesses ending up better off than they are individually. In the case of National Storage Affiliates Trust, the immediate benefit of a hefty premium compared to where shares were trading before is obvious. However, Public Storage also stands to benefit from this if management is capable of capturing the cost savings that they are promising. Taking a look at this purchase Public Storage According to the press release issued by Public Storage on the morning of March 16, it has agreed to acquire National Storage Affiliates Trust in an all-stock deal, essentially serving to combine the largest and 5th largest self-storage businesses in the United States into one mega firm. The terms of the agreement call for shareholders of National Storage Affiliates Trust, as well as those who own its operating partnership units, to receive 0.14 shares of Public Storage for each unit of National Storage Affiliates Trust that they currently own. At the time the deal was announced, this translated to a share price of $41.68 for each unit of National Storage Affiliates Trust. That represented a premium of 34...
Richards Group Inc. ( RIC:CA ) declares CAD 0.11/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Payable April 14; for shareholders of record March 31; ex-div March 31. See RIC:CA Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Richards Group Inc. Historical earnings data for Richards Group Inc. Dividend scorecard for Richards Group Inc. Financial information for Richards Group Inc.
Richards Group Inc. ( RIC:CA ) declares CAD 0.11/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Payable April 14; for shareholders of record March 31; ex-div March 31. See RIC:CA Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Richards Group Inc. Historical earnings data for Richards Group Inc. Dividend scorecard for Richards Group Inc. Financial information for Richards Group Inc.