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To: stomper who wrote (2838)	9/14/2002 11:16:47 AM
From: Return to Sender	Respond to of 29595

I agree this is not a huge amount of insider buying at all. It's true that most of the large cap semiconductor companies have buy back programs in place. But how many shares are actually being repurchased? Anyway, it would take a lot more insider buying than $3.6 million to help signal a bottom. At least the author of the article admitted the SOX probably has further to fall. RtS

To: stomper who wrote (2838)	9/14/2002 11:42:42 AM
From: Return to Sender	Respond to of 29595

Insider Buy and Sell Points. Just plug in a symbol: custom.marketwatch.com I plugged in AMD here. Insider buying has been taking place for quite a while and the stock has continued down. biz.yahoo.com RtS

To: stomper who wrote (2838)	9/14/2002 1:31:13 PM
From: Steve Lee	Respond to of 29595

That article wasn't just comical, it was sheer deception. The 3.6MM worth of shares is the market value. The actual dollars spent is much less cos they bought them thru stock option grants. What else would you expect them to do when given the opportunity to buy well below market price? I analysed the August insider filings for all SOX components to find the truth behind that article. It turns out that not even $200,000 of those "buys" were genuine buys. The rest were options vesting. Message 17990565