Insider Trading Lawsuit Filed by CBS Shareholders (The Straits Times)
WASHINGTON • Current and former executives of broadcaster CBS sold shares in the company before sexual harassment allegations against then-chief executive officer Leslie Moonves became public, according to a lawsuit filed in New York. The suit was presented on Monday by shareholders who are asking a judge to give them class action status, reported The Wall Street Journal. Named in the lawsuit are Mr Moonves, who resigned in September, acting CEO Joe Ianniello, chief accounting officer Lawrence Liding and former communications chief Gil Schwartz.
Ag Mortgage Investment Trust Inc (MITT) CEO and President David N Roberts Bought $852,500 of Shares (GuruFocus)
CEO and President of AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc (NYSE:MITT) David N Roberts bought 50,000 shares of MITT on 02/11/2019 at an average price of $17.05 a share. The total cost of this purchase was $852,500. AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc invest in, acquire and manage a diversified portfolio of residential mortgage assets, other real estate-related securities and financial assets. AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc has a market cap of $493.830 million; its shares were traded at around $17.18 with a P/E ratio of 9.66. The dividend yield of AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc stocks is 11.48%.
A Director at Voya Financial (NYSE: VOYA) is Buying Shares (AnalystRatings)
Today, a Director at Voya Financial (VOYA), Joseph Tripodi, bought shares of VOYA for $74.18K. Following this transaction Joseph Tripodi’s holding in the company was increased by 75% to a total of $171.6K. Following Joseph Tripodi’s last VOYA Buy transaction on August 24, 2015, the stock climbed by 9.0%. VOYA’s market cap is $7.38B and the company has a P/E ratio of 21.84. Currently, Voya Financial has an average volume of 1.04M.
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (NASDAQ:OCSL) Insider Trading Activity – Major Shareholder Sold 83,820 shares of Stock (Market Exclusive)
Insider Trading Activity For Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (NASDAQ:OCSL): Leonard M Tannenbaum , Major Shareholder of Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (NASDAQ:OCSL) reportedly Sold 83,820 shares of the company’s stock at an average price of 5.26 for a total transaction amount of $440,893.20.
Thursday 2/14 Insider Buying Report: CSS, PLT (Nasdaq.com)
As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy – they expect to make money. So let’s look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. At CSS Industries (CSS), a filing with the SEC revealed that on Tuesday, Director Rebecca C. Matthias bought 30,032 shares of CSS, for a cost of $7.41 each, for a total investment of $222,537. CSS Industries is trading up about 1.4% on the day Thursday. Before this latest buy, Matthias bought CSS at 2 other times during the past year, for a total investment of $111,075 at an average of $11.00 per share.
