Articles by Gene Guzun

Although much research concludes that securities purchases on the part of insiders tend to beat broader market benchmarks by a significant margin, Insider Monkey does not recommend...

Insider trading can be either legal or illegal.

History shows that corporate insiders’ purchases of company stock outperform stock market gauges by a significant margin.

Current research and studies conducted in the not-so-distant past conclude that investors could build profitable portfolios based on a strategy that mimics specific insider trading...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high 11 consecutive days this Friday, the longest streak in decades.

Different investors employ various trading strategies and follow different investment philosophies, so they tend to look at a wide array of aspects when deciding whether to buy...

A common fallacy among inexperienced and uninformed investors is that all insider trading is illegal.

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Investors have been keeping track of insider trading metrics for decades.

Academics and analysts have been suggesting that one can become a better investor by learning how to monitor and interpret insider trading metrics.

In today’s modern environment, investors have access to a wide array of tools designed to assist them with security analysis and investment decisions.

Peter Lynch, a well-known mutual fund manager, once said that Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price ...

Heavy insider buying is usually interpreted as a bullish signal within the investment community because there’s only one reason corporate insiders are buying shares in their...

Insider trading involves the buying and selling of securities by someone who has access to material non-public information about those securities. Rules imposed by the U.S.

The term “insider trading” is usually associated with illegal conduct, but the term refers to both legal and illegal conduct.

Although I may not be knowledgeable enough in the area of insider trading, it seems quite clear to me that insider trading is impossible to police.

The profitability of insider trading has been studied in numerous studies over the past several decades, with most studies concluding that corporate insiders are better informed...

Heavy insider buying usually implies that corporate insiders are bullish on their company’s future prospects, or that they find their company’s shares severely undervalued...

Insider trading behavior should constitute an important piece of data in one’s security analysis process, as past research shows that insider actions tend to offer an accurate...

A number of seemingly outdated but still relevant studies on insider trading claim that corporate insiders are contrarian investors.

In a recent study on insider trading, several researchers from top-tier U.S.

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A longstanding rule of thumb says that corporate insiders buy shares of their own companies for one simple reason – they believe Mr.

Securities transactions by corporate insiders of public corporations have received a great deal of attention from regulators, scholars and investors over the years.

History shows that corporate insiders’ purchases of their companies' stock tend to beat stock market gauges on aggregate.

What does the term “insider trading” mean and why do investors need to keep track of insider trading behavior? Insider trading involves the buying and selling of equity securities...

Past research shows that there are predictable or routine insider trades that do not convey meaningful information for the future of firms, so retail investors monitoring insider...

Assuming corporate insiders know a lot more about their company’s prospects and recent developments than any of us, which they do, investors would be wise to keep a close eye...

Insider buying usually implies corporate insiders are bullish on their company’s future prospects or shows insiders’ belief that the shares of their company are cheap.

The information-rich or the spur-of-the-moment kind of insider trading activity has slowed meaningfully as more companies are releasing their earnings reports.

As the first earnings season since the U.S.

The so-called insider trading anomaly could be viewed as one of the most profitable investment strategies in the past several decades or so.

Uninformed investors usually associate insider trading with illegal conduct, but not all insider trading activity is illegal.

Corporate insiders have two means of buying and selling shares of their companies.

It is often believed that insider selling represents a tip-off that corporate insiders anticipate their company’s shares to underperform.

It is already common knowledge that corporate insiders are savvy long-term-oriented investors, with their purchases beating broader market benchmarks on aggregate.

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Financial markets are bombarded with numerous pieces of information each day, and investors should learn how to filter out meaningful information and ignore the usual noise.

Voluminous insider buying is generally interpreted as a bullish signal by the investment community, as there appears to be only one reason corporate insiders would buy shares ...

The extensive literature on insider trading has gone in two different directions, separating insider trading activity into illegal and legal trading.

Corporate insiders such as Board members and executives usually buy shares on the open market for one simple reason – they believe Mr.

Major U.S. stock market gauges climbed again on Thursday and set fresh record highs, thanks to a month-long rally after the presidential election of Donald Trump.

Each piece of insider buying activity is worth the attention of the investment community regardless of the number of shares bought by corporate insiders.

Most investors would certainly agree that tracking insider trading behavior should be part of one’s stock selection and analysis process.

In a rather recent study on insider trading, several researchers from top-tier U.S.

While a wave of optimism has propelled U.S.

Keeping tabs on insider trading behavior can be an important aspect of an investors’ stock analysis process, as past research shows that insiders’ actions in the open market...

Past research suggests that market participants should perceive insider buying as being much more informative and predictive than insider selling, and rightly so.

A vast number of studies completed by reputable researchers and professors from top-tier universities have arrived at the conclusion that corporate insiders tend to earn abnormal...

Numerous studies have shown that corporate insiders earn substantial profits from trading the securities of their own firms.