Yahoo Finance

The Vickers Top Insider Picks is a daily report that utilizes a proprietary algorithm to identify 25 companies with compelling insider purchase histories based on transactions over the past three months.

The Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers is a daily report that identifies the five companies the largest insider purchase transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions as well as the five companies the largest insider sales transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions.

Let us say this. At intermediate-term bottoms and tops, there is almost always a day or two when the market tries to trick you into thinking that there certainly will be a lower low during a decline and a higher high during an uptrend. We mention this as Wednesday might have been one of those days that makes you think lower lows are certain -- and they still might. But on Thursday, the market was destroying the bears. That said, Thursday also begs the fact that the price action from one day is usually insignificant. And some of the best rallies occur during intermediate- to long-term declines. Confused yet? One disturbing piece of the puzzle in looking for a potential bottom is the lack of fear in certain market-sentiment gauges. The five-day CBOE equity-only put/call ratio has risen, but we have not seen the expected spike into extreme bearish territory. On a daily basis, we have not printed one day of extreme fear since April -- and considering the velocity of this move lower, that is more than shocking. The NAAIM Exposure Index (compiled yesterday, so a very up-to-date reading) fell to only 75% from 84%. That is stunning as we expected exposure to fall dramatically after the recent price action. Maybe this is a great read on exposure, with so many on vacation. Combining put/calls with exposure creates a heavy smell of complacency. We saw panic in the volatility index Monday but high levels of complacency in the equity-only P/C and NAAIM exposure. That's very confusing sentiment data! (Mark Arbeter, CMT)

AIG is a leading provider of insurance products in North America and internationally. The General Insurance segment offers traditional property and commercial insurance along with a number of specialty products. The Life & Retirement segment offers variable and fixed annuities and a family of mutual funds. The company is based in New York and has operations in more than 130 countries. The stock is part of the S&P 500 index.