Insider Trading - A Good Site for Information

Written by The Dividend Guy on June 2, 2006

This may not be new for some readers out there, but I came across a site via Digg.com that deals with insider trading. The site is Form 4 Oracle.

When we talk about insider trading in the context of security research, we are referring to monitoring the buying and selling activities of key people within a company (i.e. the CEO, CFO, directors, officers). As indicated on the Insider Trading Guide of the site, Peter Lynch’s quote summarizes how investors should look at insider trading:

Insiders might sell their shares for many reasons, but they buy for only one: they think the price will rise

A good example of a company that is seeing some insider buying is Coca-Cola. If you enter KO in the ticker box you will see a page that highlights a lot of insider buying. Good sign.

Keep in mind that insider trading info should be only one of the components you should be looking at when deciding to invest in a company.


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2 Comments so far

  1. RM June 5, 2006 9:33 pm

    What an awesome site you have going here - very well done, interesting reading for sure. Lately I’ve been looking at constructing a “safer” portfolio after being primarily into oil and gas for the last couple years. I’ve come full circle you might say. It started when I crunched the numbers on my mutual funds oh, about ten years ago. The good news was I had more than I started out with. The bad news was that when you added in the contributions I had made, the gain was beer and pizza money. I the found a book “Stop Buying Mutual Funds” and I haven’t looked back. Coincidentally, I began with an account at Canadian Shareowners. I still have my IGM, TD and GWO, now with TD-CT. I left them because I thought their offerings were limited. The last couple years have been good for my returns but now I’m looking to protect those gains. I’m a big O&G fan and will continue to focus on those stocks. I think some O&G exposure is a must in today’s world. Have you looked at Peyto? It has been very good to me over the years. It has excellent management and is run rather more like a dividend stock than a trust. Being an Alberta boy and working in the industry some oilsands is also a must. Suncor is also a big holding of mine. Check out a Nexen - soon to begin production at Long Lake, or CNRL, or for your 10% fund a company with long term prospects like UTS. I’m also curious to know what if anything you have set up for RESPs. Look forward to dropping by again. Take care.

    PS: Best investment advice I ever read - “The only person who cares about your money is you.”

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