arrogant, sure, but bankable uverse, and there are notable exceptions occupying the wall of shame. let's assume they know what they are doing. not everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt in this business, and after the financial crisis at the end of 2008, i know a lot of people think ceo execs are fraud, crooks, liars, especially those of you who got burned on lehmann brothers. that's the wrong lesson to draw from the crash. healthy skepticism is one thing. a total unwillingness to believe anything positive is something entirely different. if you are going to own stocks, you need to be willing to extend some measure of trust to those who run the companies. getting their stock to a 52-week high and buying a bunch of shares is pretty darn good reason to give the ceo benefit of doubt. they won't buy at the high unless they have unshakeable convictions about their companies ork perhaps they have been contacted for potential purchase. and they have spurned them. and most investors are smart enough to wait for pullback. insider buying at the high says these guys don't think there will

he is a uversally respected voice for the development and implementation of a bipartisan foreign policy. as a gracious in defeat as he has always been in victory, he is one of the giants -- as gracious in defeat as he always has been in victory, he is one of the giants. probably his lasting legacy will be the reduction of nuclear war and nuclear weapons in the world. dick's passion for seeking long- term solutions to complex foreign policy problems instead of opting for the slogans and short-term political and manages is best summed up in his books -- book. dick, i do not know iyou ever get any of the money, but i read your book on a kindle, so that money should someday find its wa to you. here is what he wrote in 2004. >> too often, the motivation for important national security positions of both parties is driven by politics. they are disconnected from any credible analysis. a consensus foreign policy cannot be wished back into being, nor can it be manufactured overnight in response to an immediate crisis. it can only be restored gradually over time with the development of mutual trus