I watch insider transactions closely, following the big selling just as much as the buying. The conventional wisdom is that the actions of these investors can tell you when to buy or sell a company. After all, directors and executive management are ALWAYS trading on insider information. Much of the time, scanning through recent Form 4 statements, the SEC document required when insiders buy or sell shares, is a big yawn. It’s either too small an amount to mean anything to the overall ownership or simply the insider adjusting their total wealth held in the company. But every once in… Read More
I watch insider transactions closely, following the big selling just as much as the buying. The conventional wisdom is that the actions of these investors can tell you when to buy or sell a company. After all, directors and executive management are ALWAYS trading on insider information. Much of the time, scanning through recent Form 4 statements, the SEC document required when insiders buy or sell shares, is a big yawn. It’s either too small an amount to mean anything to the overall ownership or simply the insider adjusting their total wealth held in the company. But every once in a while you come across something that makes you sit straight up: An insider with other intentions. Finding these instances gives investors the chance to piggyback on the insider trades before the market catches on. I think I’ve found one of those trades studying the insider buying from one of Wall Street’s most famous, or infamous, takeover kings. He’s turned his ability to turnaround struggling companies into a $12 billion fortune, making him the 36th richest person in America. Now it looks like he’s focused his aim on a company he’s already tried to buy out before. This Top Director… Read More