PrivateBancorp, Inc.

• Insiders Have Bought These Stocks Recently

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 24, 2012 | Tickers: BLK, DG, PVTB, UFI, WFC

  We monitor insider purchases by company officers and Board members because statistically these purchases tend to be associated with higher returns (see our discussion of studies on insider trading). We think that this is because insiders already depend on good performance at the company; in order to ignore the benefits of diversification, they must be particularly confident that it will do well. Here are some insider purchases that we have more »

• Insiders Bought These Stocks Recently

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 18, 2012 | Tickers: IHS, MAIN, ODP, PVTB, SPLS

  We like to track purchases by company insiders and investors with large positions in the stock. This is because, particularly in the case of insiders, a substantial amount of diversification is being abandoned when they add more shares of their own company to their holdings. Insider sales can also be informative, but of course can reflect rational diversification. Here are some stocks that insiders have been buying recently:

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• An Insider Bought at This Regional Bank

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 18, 2012 | Tickers: ASBC, FMER, ONB, PVTB, WTFC

  Bruce Hague, who serves as President of National Commercial Banking at PrivateBancorp (NASDAQ: PVTB), bought 4,000 shares of the company’s stock on Oct. 11 at an average price of $15.75, according to a filing with the SEC. Hague now owns about 150,000 shares directly. He had also bought shares in the summer of 2011, at prices generally between $8 and $9 per share; note that Hague more »