1.   Almost any insider purchase is worth investigating for a possible lead to a superior speculation.

2.   Huizenga spokesman Stan Smith last week said there were no insider purchases of Panthers stock once negotiations to buy the hotels began.

3.   Insider purchases are more telling than insider sales.

4.   Insider purchases are often trumpeted by companies, but the loan programs are not always as publicized.

5.   The firm said it will adopt a policy of having insider stock purchases approved in advance by the compliance committee.

6.   There has been some recent insider purchases by directors, but that too dispels talk of an impending merger, analysts said.