Investing Tips Based on Insider Trading Data
When it comes to investing tips, everyone seems to be an expert so it is very difficult to decide whose advice you should follow. The first question a novice investor should be asking anyone they’re thinking about following is, “What kind of returns have you been seeing with your own trades?” I’m sure that the answers you hear will surprise you.
Beware of Investing Tips from this Group
The vast majority of so called experts doling out investing tips don’t actually invest their own money in the stocks they recommend. More often, they are paid a commission regardless of whether you buy or sell and more disturbingly whether you make money on their recommendations or not. Sometimes their revenue is based on commissions and other times they’ll have you pay a subscription fee for their advice but vary rarely will they be compensated based on performance. That is to say, whether their investing tips are worth anything or not.
Investing Tips and Insider Trading
A better source for good investing tips is one you might not have thought of before. This is a group of investors that consistently out-performs the market year after year. They win because they have the best information and they play with their own money. The don’t offer investing tips per se but savvy investors know that not following what this group is doing could prove fatal to one’s portfolio.
Of course, we’re talking about corporate insiders. Insiders are defined as executives or directors of publicly-traded companies that have information and knowledge that can affect their company’s stock price. Hands-on insiders are ensconced in the day-to-day activities of their companies and they’re the ones making decisions that will affect the future value of their company. Naturally, they know their companies better than anyone and some great investing tips can be picked up by watching how they trade their own company shares on the open market.
For example, let’s say you’re looking for investing tips related to a stock in your portfolio. For fun, let’s call it Guru B Gone Corp. The company has a great reputation and you’re fairly happy with the way it has been performing for you so far this year. The returns haven’t been great but they’ve been a little better than what you’d get if that same money was in a savings account.
However, during your quest for investing tips related to this stock you stumble across InsidersLab.com and you see that a significant group of insiders at the company have all been selling off their shares around the same time. Would you want to know about that? Yes, you would. If one insider is selling her shares, it could mean anything but if a group is acting in a similar manner that is a strong signal that they feel the stock price might be heading down.
This isn’t necessarily the case and as with all investing tips, you would need to do your own due diligence prior to acting on such information but you would certainly want to know about such transactions. That is why InsidersLab.com exists – to offer average investors investing tips based on recent insider trading activity.
Source:
insiderslab.com
http://www.insiderslab.com/media/mediaRoom.php
Reported on Aug 26, 2011
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Today's Notable Trades
TrueBlue, Inc. (TBI)
Senior Officer (EVP, General Counsel & Sec.): DEFEBAUGH JAMES E
Acquired 26,400 Common Stock (Non-Derivative security at $18.980) on May 22, 2013. Direct holding 75,838 shares/units after transaction. Holdings increased 53.40%.
Filing date: May 23, 2013. Record updated at 23:06:56.
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC (BMRN)
Senior Officer (VP, Human Resources): Wood Mark
Sold 3,103 Common Stock (Non-Derivative security at $67.123) on May 22, 2013. Direct holding 20,277 shares/units after transaction. Holdings decreased -13.27%.
Filing date: May 23, 2013. Record updated at 23:05:07.
Tableau Software Inc (DATA)
10% shareholder: NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES 11 LP
Sold 2,000,000 Class A Common Stock (Non-Derivative security at $28.830) on May 22, 2013. Direct holding 0 shares/units after transaction. Holdings decreased -100.00%.
Filing date: May 23, 2013. Record updated at 23:02:37.
TERADYNE, INC (TER)
Director: CHRISTMAN DANIEL W
Acquired 8,225 Common Stock (Non-Derivative security at $17.280) on May 22, 2013. Direct holding 18,318 shares/units after transaction. Holdings increased 81.49%.
Filing date: May 23, 2013. Record updated at 22:57:02.
ACTIVE NETWORK INC (ACTV)
Director: Alberga David
Sold 72,312 Common Stock (Non-Derivative security at $6.130) on May 21, 2013. Direct holding 258,720 shares/units after transaction. Holdings decreased -21.84%.
Filing date: May 23, 2013. Record updated at 22:51:47.
CALIX, INC ((CALX))
Director: DENUCCIO KEVIN A
Acquired 15,000 Common Stock (Non-Derivative security at $9.430) on May 21, 2013. Direct holding 45,581 shares/units after transaction. Holdings increased 49.05%.
Filing date: May 23, 2013. Record updated at 22:49:30.
PLANTRONICS INC /CA/ (PLT)
First-Class Insider (CEO - CORPORATE - GLOBAL.CEO.): KANNAPPAN S KENNETH
Sold 2,313 Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) (Derivative security at conversion or exercise price: $20.440) on May 23, 2013. Direct holding 12,687 shares/units after transaction. Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) expires on Oct 27, 13. Holdings decreased -15.42%.
Filing date: May 23, 2013. Record updated at 22:48:15.
EXPONENT INC (EXPO)
Senior Officer (Group Vice President): Corrigan Catherine
Sold 6,865 Common Stock (Non-Derivative security at $55.752) on May 23, 2013. Direct holding 17,784 shares/units after transaction. Holdings decreased -27.85%.
Filing date: May 23, 2013. Record updated at 22:47:55.
GARMIN LTD (GRMN)
Director: ELLER DONALD
Acquired 2,432 Registered Shares (Non-Derivative security at $24.680) on May 22, 2013. Direct holding 7,585 shares/units after transaction. Holdings increased 47.20%.
Filing date: May 23, 2013. Record updated at 22:47:41.
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC (DGX)
Director: ZIEGLER JOHN B
Acquired 20,000 Common Stock (Non-Derivative security at $42.625) on May 22, 2013. Direct holding 37,829 shares/units after transaction. Holdings increased 112.18%.
Filing date: May 23, 2013. Record updated at 22:46:46.
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