Insider buying increased significantly last week with insiders purchasing $314.42 million of stock compared to $53.99 million in the week prior. A majority of this increase in insider buying was related to John Paulson acquiring a large stake in BrightSphere as discussed below. Selling also increased with insiders selling $2.09 billion of stock last week compared to $1.86 billion in the week prior.
Sell/Buy Ratio: The insider Sell/Buy ratio is calculated by dividing the total insider sales in a given week by total insider purchases that week. The adjusted ratio for last week dropped to