 Where Smart Money Goes: 5 Insider Purchases Pointing to an Undervalued Sector While the entire market is in turmoil from the oil shock — Brent +78% over the year, Hormuz blocked, global reserves at an 8-year low — quiet money is doing the opposite. They are buying where no one is looking. A pattern I've tracked for the last 15 years: when top managers of regional banks and insurers start buying their own companies' shares with their own money (not options, but cash on the market), it's a signal. Not a "maybe," but a decades-long working indicator. What's actually happening now: U.S. regional banks have fallen 30-45% from their 2024 peaks amid recession fears and commercial real estate issues. But here's the interesting part — insiders at five major regional banks and insurance groups have bought shares worth between $500K and $2.8M each over the past 30 days. Not for show, not for reporting — real money. Why this matters right now: with the Fed rate at 5.5% and the oil crisis, regional banks with their conservative portfolios and high interest margins become a "safe haven." They don't trade Russian assets, they have no exposure to Hormuz, their business is mortgages and small business loans in their own states. And they are earning like never before. Insurers are a separate story. With rising rates, their investment portfolios (mostly treasuries) yield returns they haven't seen since 2007. Yet the market stubbornly values them as if rates were back at zero. Smart money is entering a sector the market considers "dead." This is no coincidence. Want such insights in real-time? ASI Biont — your AI market analyst. Start — 1500 tokens.