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Tables of Contents for Profit from Legal Insider Trading
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction: The Information Flow to Know
xi
How This Book Is Organized
xiii
What Exactly Is Insider Data?
1
12
Why Insider Data Exists
1
2
The Definition of Insider
3
1
Reporting Requirements
3
1
Form 4: Insider Buying and Selling
4
4
Form 144: Intent to Sell
8
1
The ``Smart Money'' Forms
9
4
Legal versus Illegal Insider Trading
13
12
Cases in Point
14
2
A Powerful, Long Arm
16
1
Noncompliance
17
2
A Couple of Definites
19
3
Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
22
3
Analyzing Form 4 Transactions: Getting Started
25
19
Overview
25
3
Focus On Open-Market Purchases and Sales
28
3
Remember that Option-Related Trades Are Not Too Significant
31
6
Don't Get Confused by ``Funny Data''
37
7
Analyzing Form 4 Transactions: Judging Relative Importance
44
14
Purchases Are Easier to Interpret Than Sales
44
2
Size Matters
46
6
Transactions by Hands-on Insiders Are More Important Than Transactions by Other Insiders
52
2
Initial Purchases by New Insiders Are Less Important Than Purchases by Long-Time Insiders
54
1
Transactions of Direct Holdings Are More Important Than Transactions of Indirect Holdings
55
3
Analyzing Form 4 Transactions: Pattern Recognition
58
13
Look For Clusters of Activity
58
2
Throw Out Bad Clusters
60
2
Check Credentials
62
7
Nothing Can Mean Something
69
1
Don't Waste Time with Conflicting Data
70
1
Analyzing Form 4 Transactions: Other Considerations
71
15
Insiders Tend to Be Early
71
2
Don't Pay Much More Than Insiders Did
73
3
Price Action Affects Insider Analysis
76
2
There's More Buying At Smaller Companies
78
4
Insider Activity Is Not a Technical Indicator
82
4
Analyzing Form 144 Transactions
86
6
Limitations
86
3
Primary Considerations
89
3
Analyzing Smart Money Filings
92
10
Schedule 13D
95
3
Form 13F
98
2
Schedule 13G
100
2
Corporate Buybacks--the Company as an Insider
102
7
Methods Used to Repurchase Stock
102
2
Why Corporations Buy Back Their Shares
104
3
A Buyback Newsletter
107
2
Special Screens for Analyzing Insider Data
109
12
Screens for Momentum Investors
109
5
Screens for Short Sellers
114
1
Screen for Income Investors
115
2
Screens for Value Investors
117
4
Insider Data as a Market Indicator
121
8
Logical Connections
122
6
Differing Methodologies
128
1
Non-U.S. Insider Trading Data
129
13
Keeping Up with Uncle Sam
130
2
Canada
132
1
England
133
1
Australia
134
1
France
135
2
Japan
137
2
Germany
139
1
Hong Kong and the Rest of Asia; Russia
139
2
Latin America
141
1
Where to Get Insider Trading Data: Traditional Methods
142
13
Overview
142
1
The Securities and Exchange Commission
143
5
Service Bureaus
148
7
Where to Get Insider Trading Data: Print Sources
155
11
Newsletters
156
7
Newspapers
163
1
Magazines
164
2
Where to Get Insider Trading Data: The Internet
166
21
Mass Market Web Sites
167
1
Wallstreetcity
168
4
Thomson Investors Network
172
1
InsiderTrader.com
173
9
InsiderScores.com
182
5
Appendix A: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 16
187
2
Appendix B: General Rules and Regulations Resulting from the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
189
6
References
195
4
Index
199
8
About the Author
207