Barron’s magazine publishes a lot of great data each week.  One of my favorite tables lists "Insider Transactions" for the week.  In the current edition, I noticed something very unusual.  The insider purchases were dominated by microcaps.  More than half of the companies on the list with insider purchases over $200,000 had market caps below $500 million, many under $250 million.

All buy/sell data is from Barron’s.  If you are so inclined, you can verify and get further details on the SEC’s Edgar site.

Eagle Bancorp  (Nasdaq: EGBN) 

9 insiders bought 532,881 shares valued at $4,370,000.

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Tix Corp.  (Nasdaq: TIXC)

1 insider bought 412,510 shares valued at $1,412,000.

Cousins Properties  (NYSE: CUZ)

3 insiders bought 170,000 shares valued at $1,180,000

MCG Capital Corp.  (Nasdaq: MCGC)

1 insider bought 300,000 shares valued at $912,000

Point 360  (Nasdaq: PTSX)

1 insider bought 342,828 shares valued at $400,000

Fusion Telecomm. Int’l  (OTCBB: FSNN)

2 insiders bought 2,083,340 shares valued at $365,000

Lakeland Bancorp  (Nasdaq: LBAI)

3 insiders bought 26,000 shares valued at $208,000

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