Founder Joe Ford Reports a Big $WEST Buy

Every day, we sift through the filings to spot where the real conviction lies — cutting through the noise to highlight the most meaningful insider moves.

Here's what stood out today:

📌 Westrock Coffee  $WEST – Founder Joe T. Ford brewed up a $596,000 purchase, adding extra caffeine to the roll‑up story just as shares try to set a tradable bottom. 

📌 Rocket Companies  $RKT – VA Partners filed an original 13D at 9.90 %, planting activist roots in the mortgage platform.

📌 Solaris  $SEI – Millennium Management boosted its stake to 5 % from 2.94 %, betting shale’s water midstream is still a stealth growth niche.

Here’s The Hot Corner, with data from May 15, 2025:

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📌 Sen.  Tommy  Tuberville added between $50,000 and $100,000 of iShares Broad USD Investment‑Grade Corporate Bond ETF  $USIG, signaling a tilt toward safer yield for one of the Senate’s most active traders. 

📌  Rep. Tony Wied picked up $15,000 to $50,000 slices of RH, Trade Desk $TTD, Adobe $ADBE, Lam Research $LRCX, and Kinsale Capital  $KNSL, spreading chips across retail, ad‑tech, semis, and specialty insurance.

📌 Rep. Michael McCaul deployed $100,000 to $250,000k into Merck $MRK, Stanley Black & Decker $SWK, Nucor $NUE, Humana $HUM, and Dollar Tree $DLTR, plus $50,000 to $100,000 each in software, defense, and renewable names like PTC $PTC, GE Vernova $GEV, Netflix $NFLX, Dexcom $DXCM, and more – blanketing the market with diversified dip‑buys.