
Last week, SCOTUS ruled it's illegal to trade on the free gift of inside information.
By Shah Gilani, Capital Wave Strategist, Money Morning • @WallStreet_II -
Last week, SCOTUS ruled it's illegal to trade on the free gift of inside information.
Here's what you need to know to stay on the right side of the new law...
By Shah Gilani, Capital Wave Strategist, Money Morning • @WallStreet_II -
Here's what you need to know to stay on the right side of the new law...
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -
Strong insider buying is one of the most accurate indicators that a stock is headed higher. So whenever we see a stock that has strong insider buying, we alert our readers.
But we frequently hear the same question from readers: What is the difference between insider buying and insider trading?
Here's the difference between the two, and why insider buying is such a strong "Buy" signal...
By Shah Gilani, Capital Wave Strategist, Money Morning • @WallStreet_II -
Wednesday, December 10, 2014, was a great day to be an insider trader.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned insider trading convictions of former hedge fund managers Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson.
Not only did the appeals court reverse the much-publicized guilty verdicts against the two traders, its 28-page decision effectively rewrites the meaning of insider trading.
The immediate outcome of the decision not only affects the two hedge fund executives, other traders convicted of insider trading, and charged individuals who pled guilty, it will also change how traders use inside information to their benefit in the future.
The court decision is as surprising as it is profound...
By Shah Gilani, Capital Wave Strategist, Money Morning • @WallStreet_II -
There's a new twist in an ongoing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) probe.
For months now, the SEC has been investigating whether anyone in the federal government leaked inside information to a Washington-based investment research firm.
While that was pretty juicy already, those investigators are now looking at up to 44 hedge funds that may have traded on that inside information.
If you already thought our public servants were greedy, dirty, and corrupt, well, this helps prove your case.
If, on the other hand, you think our folks in D.C. are pure, altruistic angels, today I'm going to convince you otherwise... Full Story
By Shah Gilani, Capital Wave Strategist, Money Morning • @WallStreet_II -
There's a new twist in an ongoing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe into D.C.-Wall Street corruption.
For months now, the SEC has been investigating whether anyone in the federal government leaked inside information to a Washington-based investment research firm. And now up to 44 hedge funds that may have traded on that inside information are under close scrutiny.
By Tim Melvin, Special Situation Strategist, Money Morning -
While just one piece of the investing puzzle, insider buying and selling can provide valuable clues when setting up a stocks to watch list.
When looking at individual stocks, there is a general rule of thumb to follow when looking at insider buying and selling. Mutual fund legend Peter Lynch said it best: "There are many reasons why insiders sell, but only one reason insiders buy." That reason being, of course, that insiders know something about their company that they are certain will drive the stock price higher.
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By Tim Melvin, Special Situation Strategist, Money Morning -
It nearly always pays to follow the insider buying habits of company officers and directors. Research has shown that whenever you have insider buying, the stock tends to outperform the total market by 8.9% over the next 12 months. And so far in 2014,
we've spotted a pattern of insider buying that should prove very profitable...
By Greg Madison, Managing Editor, Money Morning -
Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors was one of the biggest, most powerful and profitable hedge funds on Wall Street. Cohen himself is a legendary figure, replete with odd, personal eccentricities that are the hallmark of the truly brilliant.
Famous for spending hours as a younger man watching the tape roll by, and for keeping his Stamford, CT, trading floor at a steady 68 degrees, Steve Cohen made billions for his clients - and himself.
Now the sharks are circling, the dominos are falling - nearly any hackneyed metaphor a writer could think of to evoke a doomstruck sentiment applies.
The SEC and Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara have pursued Cohen and SAC Capital with a rare, almost indecent zeal. The charge is insider trading, allegations which Cohen vehemently denies, but which the SEC is pursuing.
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