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Market Mechanics

From filing to price impact: microstructure, currency-normalised comparisons, walk-forward design.

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Market Mechanics

Peter Tait buys 2,000 Murray Income shares at 907p

Murray Income Trust’s new Artemis era, a 6.23% discount and one late-reported director buy. Read the filing against UK income peers.

10 min
Market Mechanics

BAT’s 11-insider buy cluster tests a 4,147p share price

BAT’s chief executive and Reynolds American president bought shares as tobacco faces volume pressure, reduced-risk bets and a 4,147p share price.

9 min
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Anglo American’s 10-insider buy cluster and copper backdrop

Anglo American directors bought under GBP 40 a share as miners traded unevenly, with copper resilience and iron ore weakness framing the filing.

9 min
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Mitchells & Butlers: 4 buys, 12 declarations, and a soft UK pub

Mitchells & Butlers directors kept buying through August as UK pubs face cost pressure, with Wetherspoon and Marston’s setting the trading tone.

9 min
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Entegris: Olivier Blachier sells EUR 278,424 after the rally

Entegris is riding semiconductor strength and a Deutsche Bank upgrade, but Olivier Blachier’s EUR 278,424 sale adds a cooler note.

9 min
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Cricut’s August selling cluster and the $6 print

Cricut’s insider sales arrived as consumer discretionary hardware stays weak, peers like SSYS and CRSR trade cyclically, and CRCT tests $6.

8 min
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PBF Energy: Lucey sells EUR 9.1m as cracks stay hot

PBF Energy’s CEO sold EUR 9.1m on August 14 while refining margins stayed elevated and the stock sat near a 52-week high.

9 min
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Weir’s £89k buying cluster vs Smiths and IMI

Weir’s director buying cluster lands as miners wobble and peers like Smiths and IMI trade differently. Here is the filing against the backdrop.

9 min
Market Mechanics

Hill & Smith: 5 insiders buying as UK infra stays bid

Hill & Smith’s chair bought again after raised guidance and a 5-insider buying cluster. Here is how that reads against Balfour Beatty and peers.

9 min
Market Mechanics

AIB's 10-insider buy cluster versus Bank of Ireland

AIB Group's 10-insider buy cluster lands as Irish banks trade well and buybacks run. We read it against Bank of Ireland and the sector backdrop.

10 min
Market Mechanics

Anglo American’s 10-insider buy cluster and copper’s surge

Anglo American directors bought tiny stakes as copper held near records and peers rallied. The filings matter, but only in context.

9 min
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Mitchells & Butlers: 4 buys, 1 heatwave, 1 rate hold

Mitchells & Butlers saw four insider buys as UK pubs stay under cost pressure, with the Bank of England holding rates and sales hit by heat.

9 min