When markets grow chaotic, insider buying often becomes a quiet but powerful signal. Executives and directors rarely step into the open market during periods of turmoil unless they see something the rest of us do not. In the past few weeks, as headlines have been dominated by the renewed trade tensions with China and the latest round of government shutdown brinkmanship in Washington, volatility has returned to the markets. Investors have pulled back, uncertainty has risen, and yet in several corners of the market, corporate insiders have been buying.
Periods like this often test conviction.
