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Lummus Dewayne purchased ~$23K in American Equity Investment Life Holding Company stock

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL)  ·  SVP & Chief Accounting Officer  ·  Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4

Verity Signals Research Published Updated

= insider buy date

90-day return

+31.9%

vs SPY +5.6%

AEL price after insider trade by Lummus Dewayne

Insider

Lummus Dewayne

Role

SVP & Chief Accounting Officer

Transaction

Open-Market Purchase

Approx. Value

~$23K

Trade Date

Jun 2, 2023

Company

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company

Ticker

AEL

Source

SEC EDGAR Form 4

Strong conviction signal

Scored above average across multiple factors. Roughly 15% of insider trades qualify as Strong.

~$23K purchase

A personal investment by a corporate insider. Even smaller trades can be meaningful when combined with other factors like timing and role.

SVP & Chief Accounting Officer

Senior executives have visibility into their division's pipeline and company health. Their trades carry weight because they understand the business from the inside.

+31.9% in 90 days (S&P 500: +5.6%)

This trade beat the S&P 500 by 26.3 percentage points over 90 days. We track performance on every insider trade so you can see who consistently outperforms.

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On June 2, 2023, Lummus Dewayne — SVP & Chief Accounting Officer of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market purchase of approximately ~$23K in American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL) stock.

Under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, corporate insiders must report all open-market stock transactions to the SEC within two business days. These filings — known as Form 4s — are publicly available on the SEC's EDGAR database. VeritySignals filters and scores the full Form 4 stream to surface high-conviction signals like this one.

In the 90 days following this trade, AEL returned +31.9% versus +5.6% for the S&P 500 over the same period.

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All data sourced from publicly available SEC Form 4 filings via EDGAR · Not financial advice · Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Signal strength Strong
Trade size ~$23K
Insider role SVP & Chief Accounting Officer
90-day return +31.9%
vs S&P 500 +26.3%

What is this?

When company executives buy or sell their own stock, they must report it to the SEC within 2 days. These public filings reveal what the people who know the company best are doing with their own money.

Why does it matter?

Insiders can sell for many reasons (taxes, diversification, expenses), but they generally only buy for one: they think the stock is going up. That's why insider purchases are more predictive than sales.

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