It’s rare that insider buying is not a good sign. BYD insiders have been buying which I do think is a good signal to investors. BYD management has bought and sold well and the two key individuals there are buying (BB&BB), Bill Boyd and Bob Boughner.

The ASCA situation is a bit different. It’s no secret that that Ray Nielsen and the Craig Nielsen Trust would probably like to sell the company. This has been the investment thesis for quite awhile. Unless management wants to spend their retirement years in jail, there probably isn’t a deal in the works over the near term. Now that’s a signal, although probably not the one investors were looking for.

Next, let’s take a look at how management has done historically on its own stock. The results there are certainly not as good as BYD. The chart below shows the recent buying and it’s pretty obvious that management should stick to running casinos, which they actually do very well.