I asked the question because generally for small cyclical companies (of which NSSC is one) you will see insiders begin to buy shares when they believe business has bottomed out and the first signs of better days are on the horizon. Unfortunately, right now insiders are in the blackout period where insider buying is not permitted until after the Sept. 2009 quarter results are made public (rule assumes insiders already know how the recently closed period results will turn out).

If insider buying commences in mid-November, I would begin to believe December 2009 results would most likely show an improvement in operations.

If the one analyst is correct with his forecast of a ($0.05) per share loss in the Sept. 2009 quarter then business sure didn't improve in the most recent quarter.

Bean