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TERMS AND DEFINITIONS PHYSICIAN INVESTORS SHOULD KNOW

By Dr. David E. Marcinko MBA CMP®

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Insider transactions shouldn’t be used primarily to make an investing decision, however an insider transaction can be an important factor in the investing decision.

In legal terms, an “insider” refers to any shareholder who owns at least 10% of a company. This can include executives in the c-suite and large hedge funds. These insiders are required to let the public know of their transactions via a Form 4 filing, which must be filed within two business days of the transaction.

SEC: https://www.sec.gov/about/forms/form4data.pdf

CITE: https://www.r2library.com/Resource/Title/0826102549

INSIDER TRANSACTIONS

When a company insider makes a new purchase, that is an indication that they expect the stock to rise.

Insider sells, on the other hand, can be made for a variety of reasons, and may not necessarily mean that the seller thinks the stock will go down.

MORE: https://smartasset.com/financial-advisor/insider-trading

EXAMPLE:

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO at Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), just made a large buy and sell of company shares on November 3, according to a new SEC filing. A Form 4 filing from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission states that Mark Zuckerberg exercised options to purchase 62,300 Facebook shares for $0 on November 3. They then sold their shares on the same day in the open market. They sold at prices ranging from $324.04 to $332.02 to raise a total of $25,463,482 from the stock sale.

Zuckerberg still owns a total of 232,400 shares of Facebook worth, $78,226,142.

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