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Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. Some chief executive officers were among the insiders making notable purchases this past week. Insiders made return trips to the buy window to increase their stakes, and one took advantage of a...

  Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets are near all-time highs. One beneficial owner took advantage of secondary offerings at three different companies. A chief executive officer under fire also picked up some shares last week.    ...

Carter Copeland of Barclays named TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG) as a top pick in the Aerospace & Defense space as the name is riddled with misinformation or exaggeration. For example, TransDigm's stock was hard hit last week after Ro Khanna, a U.S. representative for California's...

Like other sectors, the defense stocks have seen their share of winners and losers this year. Five of the best performers in the sector since the beginning of the year are:  General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD), Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), Orbital Sciences Corp (...

Kinder Morgan, Seattle Genetics and Target are among the companies that have seen insider buying recently. Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will rise and...

Between the September 13 and September 30 settlement dates, the number of shares sold short in Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) grew by the largest percentages among U.S. defense stocks. In the days leading up to the federal...

Between the August 30 and September 15 settlement dates, the number of shares sold short in defense stocks Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Textron (NYSE: TXT) rose by double-digit percentages. In that period, the effects of the federal budget sequester were well established, but...

Between the August 15 and August 30 settlement dates, after the effects of the federal budget sequester were well established but as the latest tensions over the Syrian situation were just starting to boil up, the largest short interest moves in defense stocks were declines. The number of shares...

Between the July 31 and August 15 settlement dates, after the effects of the federal budget sequester were well established but before the recent rise in tensions over the Syrian situation, defense stocks Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) saw the largest upswings in short...

By and large short sellers of defense stocks were not spurred to further action when the federal budget sequester went into effect. The number of shares sold short in Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK), Esterline Technologies (NYSE: ESL) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) increased somewhat between...

The short interest in defense companies was mixed during the weeks leading up to the federal budget sequester. The number of shares sold short in Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK), Boeing (NYSE: BA), L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Textron (NYSE:...

The short interest in defense companies was mixed during the first two weeks of February, despite the threat of major federal budget cuts at the end of the month. The number of shares sold short in General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Huntington Ingalls (NYSE: HII), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Rockwell Collins...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...