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APEI, FNSR, MLI, ESS, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading

August 19, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / http://www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring top insider trading patterns and these stocks are the most likely to trade Lower in the next 6 months. AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION, INC. (NASDAQ:APEI), FINISAR CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FNSR), MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC. (NYSE:MLI), ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INCORPORATED (NYSE:ESS) are all expected to go Lower as Sell signals have been generated by top insider trading patterns. The most important data elements considered when performing insider analysis are: Insiders Track Record - An insiders track record is best summarized by the Insider Score which ranges from 1 (least predictive) to 100 (most predictive) based on prior trading performance. In addition, the actual returns following the insiders prior trades are included to determine the potential magnitude of future returns. Insiders Role - Trades by higher-level insiders are generally more predictive than trades by lower level insiders. Higher-level insiders to include Chairman (CB), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President (P), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Vice Chairman (VC).

The chart below displays the stocks expected to go Lower along with the insider name, position, predictive insider score, 6 month expected return and number of trading decisions included in the score.

     Symbol     Company Name                        Insider Name                        Role        Shares         Insider Score     Avg 6 Month Return     # of Dec. 
     APEI       AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION, INC.     Boston, Wallace E Jr                CEO         5,000          77                -6.5%                  20        
     FNSR       FINISAR CORPORATION                 Brown, Christopher E                GC          6,554          75                -32.0%                 10        
     MLI        MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC.            Rourke, James H                     O           98,000         88                -12.2%                 6         
     ESS        ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INCORPORATED     Dance, Michael T                    CFO         1,225          77                -11.0%                 5         

The insider buying report presents recent insider purchases, reported on Forms 3, 4, and 5 filed with the SEC. The transactions are aggregated to a 'decision' level which simplifies the data analysis. A decision is a grouping of buying or selling by an individual at the specified company.

AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION, INC. (NASDAQ:APEI) - American Public Education, Inc. provides online post secondary education to military and public service communities. It operates through two universities, American Military University and American Public University. The company offers 76 degree programs and 51 certificate programs in various disciplines, such as national security, military studies, intelligence, homeland security, criminal justice, technology, business administration, education, and liberal arts. American Public Education, Inc. serves approximately 63,700 students in the United States, the District of Columbia, and other foreign countries. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Charles Town, West Virginia.

FINISAR CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FNSR) - Finisar Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets optical subsystems and components that are used to interconnect equipment in short-distance local area networks (LANs), storage area networks (SANs), longer distance metropolitan area networks (MANs), fiber-to-the-home networks, cable television networks, and wide area networks. Its optical subsystems primarily include transmitters, receivers, transceivers, and transponders. The companys optical subsystems provides the fundamental optical-electrical interface for connecting the equipment used in building networks comprising switches, routers, and file servers in wireline networks, as well as antennas and base stations for wireless networks. It also offers products for switching network traffic from one optical wavelength to another across multiple wavelengths, known as reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers. The companys line of optical components principally comprises packaged lasers and photodetectors used in transceivers for LAN and SAN applications; and passive optical components used in building MANs. It sells its optical products to manufacturers of storage system, networking equipment, and telecommunication equipment or their contract manufacturers through direct sales force and distribution channels in the United States, Malaysia, the Peoples Republic of China, and internationally. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC. (NYSE:MLI) - Mueller Industries, Inc. manufactures copper, brass, plastic, and aluminum products. It operates in two segments, Plumbing and Refrigeration, and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). The Plumbing and Refrigeration segment offers copper tubes, copper and plastic fittings, plastic pipes, valves, copper tubes, and pipe nipples; and fabricates steel pipe nipples. This segment also resells imported brass and plastic plumbing valves, malleable iron fittings, faucets, and plumbing specialty products to plumbing wholesalers in the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning, as well as plumbing and refrigeration markets; distributors to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries; and to building materials retailers. The OEM segment manufactures brass and copper alloy rods, bars, and shapes; aluminum and brass forgings; aluminum and copper impact extrusions; refrigeration valves and fittings; fabricated tubular products; and gas valves and assemblies that are primarily sold to OEMs in the plumbing, refrigeration, fluid power, and automotive industries; and to other manufacturers and distributors. This segment also manufactures engineered copper tubes for air-conditioning applications; and shaped and formed tubes for baseboard heating, appliances, and medical instruments. Mueller Industries, Inc. operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Great Britain, and China. The company was founded in 1900 and is based in Memphis, Tennessee.

ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INCORPORATED (NYSE:ESS) - Essex Property Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership, operation, management, acquisition, development, and redevelopment of apartment communities primarily in the West Coast of the United States. It has a 90.9% general partner interest in Essex Portfolio, L.P. As of September 4, 2008, the company owned interests in 133 communities comprising 26,790 units, as well as had 1,658 units in active development. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT and would not be subject to federal income tax on the portion of its income that is distributed to stockholders. Essex Property Trust was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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