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Insiders are company directors, executives, key employees and significant individual owners (i.e. those who individually own 10% or more of the company shares). All these individuals have access to vital business information about the company, information often not available to the general public. Did the company recently sign an important contract? Are sales picking up? Is the development of a major new product successfully coming to an end? While trading based on insider information is restricted by law, the insiders' close association with the company gives them an invaluable insight into the company’s future. Numerous studies indicate that when insiders buy and sell shares within their own companies, they fare much better than most others. The law requires insiders to promptly report every transaction to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC stores these reports in its Edgar database and makes them available to the general public for free. This gives the individual investor an opportunity to observe how insiders vote with their own money on their company's future. However, mining this knowledge directly from the SEC Edgar database has proven to be extremely difficult for most investors for a variety of reasons. The insider transactions vary significantly from trade to trade in their importance as indicators of company prospects. (Click here to learn more about how to profit from insider trades). Insider-Transactions.com provides easy real-time access to insider data within minutes of its filing with the SEC, as well as the tools to analyze it. Subscribe or take advantage of our free trial. |