Where To Find Insider-Trading Data
This is definitely one area of investing that has revolutionized investing. With the click of a mouse, anyone can find the latest insider trade data for just about any public company. Here are a couple of sites that provide insider-trading data for free:
* Yahoo! Finance - Look up any quote on Yahoo! Finance and click on "Insiders" for a list of the latest trades. Some insider trading filings don't appear in databases until a month after the fact, but Yahoo seems to have one of the most current data feeds.
* SEC EDGAR Database - While not visually appealing, this is where trading data is first sent. To find these filings on the SEC website, you must search for the 'central index key' (CIK) for the company. The CIK is used on the SEC's computer systems to identify corporations and individual people who have filed disclosure with the SEC. Once you have the CIK, you can search for individual filings at: www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srch-edgar. Generally speaking, we would recommend using Yahoo! Finance or another site for insider trade data; EDGAR can be confusing - even for us!
