* Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. * Activist investor Carl Icahn added to a stake last week. * Financial companies and an options exchange operator saw insiders buying too.Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10% shareholders really only buy shares of a company for one reason — they believe the stock price will rise and they want to profit from it. So insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors, particularly when markets are near all-time highs.Though buy windows remain closed for many insiders during earnings-reporting season, …read more
Source:: Yahoo Finance