Insider buying decreased last week with insiders buying $68.12 million of stock compared to $73.83 million in the week prior. Selling increased a little with insiders selling $1.69 billion of stock.

Insider buying decreased last week with insiders buying $73.83 million of stock compared to $90.85 million in the week prior. Selling also decreased with insiders selling $1.67 billion of stock last week compared to $2.18 billion in the week prior.

Welcome to edition 228 of Insider Weekends. Insider buying increased last week with insiders buying $63.4 million of stock compared to $56.48 million in the week prior.

The big winner from the morning earnings session was BlackRock which reported an impressive earnings beat and a 10% increase to its assets under management.

A rise in total client assets as well as new brokerage accounts acted as tailwinds.

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 -0.04%) this morning are up +0.08% and European stocks are up +0.03% on the prospects for a sustained peace in Ukraine after Ukrainian President Poroshenko said that Russia has withdrawn more than 70% of its troops from his country.