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insider trading

June 5 2003 at 7:57 PM
Gary 

 
I was wondering what you think of the rash of insider trading in the tech sector lately. I've noticed that it is conveniently happening before the second quarter earnings.
I am currently long the market and have been since March, but like you I don't think it will last.
If the commercials reverse and go short would you be shorting the tech stocks that had the most insider selling?

Gary

 
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Insider trading

June 5 2003, 8:57 PM 

Gary,

When the commercials go net short again, I'll probably short SPY and QQQ. And I'll probably buy QQQ and SPY LEAPS (puts). That's what I did last time and it worked very well.

I don't pay much attention to what the insiders are doing with a stock. I know that there are people that do, and it very well may be a profitable strategy. But there are a lot of reasons that insiders would be selling their stock. Most of the time it is simply for diversification and financial planning reasons. But if there is a rash of it, it probably has some significance.

Larry

 
 
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