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How Reliable is Insider Selling? Not Very

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We look at insiders buying and selling of their companies’  stock. Analyzing insider selling can be tricky, though, and does not guarantee a negative outlook. People sell  for a variety of reasons: there are planned sales, employees retiring, and people just wanting to cash in their returns but they buy for one reason, to make money. It’s normal to see insiders selling on a regular basis. That doesn’t raise red flags. However, we look for unusual patterns: insiders selling at 52-week lows (not something you want to see in a stock you own), cluster selling, and smart insiders(those that have exhibited … Read more

So Just How Much Is That Tweet Worth?

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Rob May, who is a co-founder of Backupify (online data storage) just posted some interesting information on his blog.  In case you ever wondered just how much your Yelp review or Tweet, was worth in real life dollars, here’s what he found: Check-in on Forsquare= $.40 LinkedIn Search= $.124 Facebook Share= $.024 Tweet= $.001 and last we have a Yelp review= $9.13 Keep in mind, May produced relatively rough estimates of these valuations based on the parameters he came up with.  Read more about how he came up with the valuation here: How Much Is a Tweet Worth? – Businessweek.