Yahoo News: Rampant Insider Selling Raising Red Flags

NEW YORK - Talk about a double standard. While corporate leaders tout the benefits of investors owning their stocks, many executives seem to be running for the doors themselves.


Selling of shares by insiders - which includes executives and other top officers and directors at a company - has been rampant in recent months, with sales rising to their highest level in more than four years in November.



While no one can pinpoint an exact reason for that run-up, the implication is troubling since big insider selling is often considered bearish for the overall market as well as for individual stocks.



Of course, not all insider selling should be construed as a bad sign. Some stock sales may just be routine or may be executives wanting to free up money to cover personal expenses or to help pay the taxes on shares they buy after exercising options. And in some sectors, namely technology, stock compensation is often the bulk of executive pay, so they sell their stock for income.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041214/ap_on_bi_co_ne/all_business

:scared:

How long did that take to clear up?

the same happened before 1929, that fateful Monday in October.

Wouldn't you?

and don't forget to turn out the lights.

:cry: they are bailing before that happens.

This is the week I get to shift funds around in my 401k. Should I get out of mutual funds?

but I'm afraid I don't know the answer either.

They know he is the worst thing for the economy since...the depression.

Here's another interesting read from Bill Fleckenstein.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P93628.asp

I know he has a rep as a bear, but if he's right...well, he does mention "train wreck". :scared:

thanks.