Welcome to edition 224 of Insider Weekends. Insider buying increased last week with insiders buying $72.32 million of stock compared to $30.92 million in the week prior.

Stocks appear on track to start today’s session in the green, reversing the two-day losing trend that was driven mostly by global growth worries.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.25%) this morning are up +0.25% and European stocks are up +0.41% ahead of U.S. economic data on Aug new home sales that are expected to post an increase.

Our Most Dangerous stocks (+0.8%) rose by less than the S&P 500 (+2.1%) and outperformed as a short portfolio. By far the biggest decliner in the portfolio was PowerSecure International (POWR), which declined 62% in May after a poor Q1 results.