Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
The most striking pattern in the latest insider filings, dated to early September, is the contrast between C-suite selling at major US names and a steady accumulation by Bill Gates in a waste management giant.
CAT CEO Joe Creed filed sales totalling roughly $22.7M across multiple transactions on 28 August. The trades were reported on 1 September. Caterpillar shares have been closely watched ahead of a heavy earnings season, and a CEO disposing of stock in chunks raises questions about his near-term confidence in the name.
At MSFT, two of the most senior executives filed sales on the same day. CFO Amy Hood sold $9.6M worth of shares on 31 August. President Brad Smith sold $8.7M on the same date. Both filings landed on 1 September. Neither sale was flagged as outside a pre-arranged plan, so the discretionary nature of the timing is worth noting.
RKLB CFO Adam Spice filed two sales totalling nearly $8.8M, executed on 2 September and reported two days later.
On the buying side, Bill Gates filed purchases of RSG Republic Services shares worth over $94M across three days in late August and early September. That is a deliberate, repeated accumulation in a defensive waste-management business.
Note: the vendor insider database used here runs to 8 September 2026. US EDGAR first-party tables were unavailable in the database at time of publication, so 10b5-1 plan status for the US sales above could not be confirmed.
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