Will Chesapeake Energy Insiders Step Up Again?  Chesapeake Energy (nyse: CHK - news - people ) is continuing to get hit hard, as the stock has gone down 71% in the last three months.  Back in early September, we wrote about the amazing amounts of insider buying the CEO of Chesapeake had done. At the time, we felt the CEO's buying patterns were cowboy-like and borderline reckless. Chesapeake's recent price foray into the teens is making that sort of buying look like a poor and undisciplined use of capital.  It's one thing to believe in your business but another altogether to think that one person's positions can overcome the brute force of a market trend change.  We're not sure what specifically is causing the rather sudden collapse of Chesapeake shares, which have plummeted from nearly $38 two weeks ago to as low as $12 Friday before recovering to $16.52. You've got to wonder if the big insider purchases may have come back to haunt the company. Certainly, natural gas prices have fallen, but only by about 10% in the last few weeks. In the same period, Chesapeake's share price has dropped over 60%.  We had removed Chesapeake shares from our "recommended" list back on Aug. 4, when they were at $45.26 . Chesapeake currently holds a Dividend.com rating of 3.0 out of five stars.  UPS Will Feel the Recession, But Stock Is Getting Attractive  United Parcel Service (nyse: UPS - news - people ) has dropped dramatically in the past week and is becoming an interesting dividend stock to monitor.  The company is sitting right between the consumer and business spaces, making it a good barometer for gauging any sort of demand on the retail and business side. On one hand, the drop in commodity prices will be a huge boon for the company. Oil and gas prices are a fixed cost for the company, which has certainly felt the effects of the energy price spike in the last several years.  On the flip side, the downturn in the economy may offset much, if not all, of the energy drop benefits. If retail customers and businesses continue to cut back, it will be very difficult for UPS to increase any margins.  We had recently removed shares from our "Recommended" list near the $60 level, as we felt the company was facing tough headwinds. In the last week, the stock has dropped significantly, and we think that shares under the $50 level should be monitored closely.  Before making any long-term bets, we would still like to see the shares sustain off the bottom for an extended period of time. The company has a 3.40% dividend yield, based on Thursday night's closing stock price of $53.  UPS is not recommended at this time, holding a Dividend.com rating of 3.4 out of five stars.  Tom Reese and Paul Rubillo are senior editors at Dividend.com. Visit Dividend.com for more dividend stock ratings, picks, news, and analysis, including Best Dividend Stocks, as well as a detailed explanation of the Dividend.com ratings system.
UPS is getting to the point of being ridiculously cheap, but Chesapeake Energy manages to get cheaper still.