Wachovia’s insiders are buying
Posted on Wed 21st Nov, 2007 05:01:57 AM
Wachovia Director, Lanty Smith, has added another 37,000 shares on Wednesday (11/15) after an initial purchase of 100,000 shares. Since the end of August, Smith has purchased almost $8 million dollars of WB at prices between $38 and $48 a share. Smith now owns 220,000 shares of the bank.
Peter Lynch famously once said, “There are a multitude of reasons insiders sell shares that have nothing to do with the health or the future of the company. I can only think of one reason they would use their own money to buy shares, they think the share price is going up.”
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I love the quote by Peter Lynch, such a solid statement!
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CEO Ken Thompson bought 100,000 shares in Nov 07. I bet Krispy Cream officers were buying shares before it fell to