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Technology Stocks : Intel Corporation (INTC)
INTC 50.58+4.8%3:59 PM EST

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To: exhon2004 who wrote (3007)8/21/1996 8:59:00 AM
From: Shibumi   of 186894
 
Sounds better than neutral to me. Grove > (Gill + Aymer) by a mile.

A bit more seriously, I read of a study several weeks ago that did a statistical correlation on insider trading and stock movement -- what this study did was focus on the type of insider was doing the trading. Perhaps unsurprisingly, those that sat on the board on a regular basis did much better trading than those corporate officers who didn't.

As a former corporate officer of two companies (in neither position did I sit on the board, but in one of the positions I was a full 16B officer) this rang true to me. There's too much going on in a corporation of any size (I was in a $8B and $500M revenue company) to understand the dynamics of stock movement without being privy to what is being planned at the board level.

One other note, which I'm sure everyone is tired of hearing by now -- but all things being relatively equal, it says a lot more for an insider to buy than to sell. Selling is a way of life for any insider -- your financial advisor is going to be all over your tail to diversify since you're apt to have well over 90% of your potential net worth tied up in the company. Buying is a much bigger deal.

Mark
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