total unwillingness to believe anything positive is nihilistic, something entirely different. if you're going to own stocks, you need to be willing to extend some measure of trust to the people who run the companies you own shares of. that's part of life. getting their stock to a 52-week high and buying shares is a pretty good darn reason for giving them the benefit of the doubt. or perhaps they've been contacted by other companies for potential purchase and they're betting they can go much higher on their own. most investors are smart enough to wait for a pullback. insider buy at the high tells me these people don't think there will be a pullback. that's the best of all possible worlds and it doesn't happen all that often. one more method, when you see insiders buying a stock at its 52-week high, you might want to be buying, too. after the break i'll try to make you even more money. >>> build your future -- >> thank you for not just the money, jim, but what the money translates into, in my case a college education for my son. >> thanks a lot for your passion for stocks. "mad