Mark K. Gormley, Director at NewStar Financial, Inc. (NEWS), bought 50,000 shares at $17.00 ($850K) on 2006-12-19, disclosed to the SEC on 2006-12-21.
Open-market purchase of $850k NEWS by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Something here stands out, but not much.