I don’t see anything necessarily out of whack. If you had an executive selling 50% of his holdings in a short time frame, that would be very revealing. 5%, not so much.
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HOW ABOUT SELLING 99% OF YOUR STOCK IN A 3YR PERIOD??? WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT REVEALING???
It is possible that the real thing to notice on the link wrt Q drop is the summary of the last 12 months compared to others. Click the link below, and go to that section. Last year was the big drain.
What would be most definitive would be to see what each individual has been doing over the last 12-18 months.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/fb/insideractions
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ADDITIONAL DATA-INSIDERS DUMPING STOCK @ FB-RECORD PACE:
Last quarter as Facebook struggled with data leaks and fake news scandals, insiders at the company were selling more stock than they typically do.
In the second quarter, top executives sold 13.6 million shares, up from 8.3 million in the first quarter, and roughly triple the amount they sold in the last quarter of 2017, according to data from InsiderScore.com.
To be clear, insiders sold in compliance with what’s known as Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b5-1, a preapproved selling mechanism that is completely legal.
And there is no evidence to suggest they were acting on inside information about the disastrous quarter that sent Facebook’s stock down nearly 20 percent Thursday.
However, their timing happened to be pretty good.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/26/facebook-insiders-sold-more-stock-than-usual-in-the-second-quarter.html
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NOW NOTICE DOWN THE PAGE AT THE ABOVE LINK, THAT ZUCKER THE PUCKER SOLD THE MOST - INTENT TO SELL ALMOST ALL:
Three years ago, Zuckerberg announced in a Facebook post he would sell 99 percent of his shares to fund philanthropic efforts. In a September SEC filing, Zuckerberg outlined plans to sell $6 billion in Facebook stock over the next 18 months to fund the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative.
Why are you yelling? You are pretty emotional about this one post.
My post:
“If you had an executive selling 50% of his holdings in a short time frame, that would be very revealing. 5%, not so much.”
Your reply:
“HOW ABOUT SELLING 99% OF YOUR STOCK IN A 3YR PERIOD??? WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT REVEALING???”
Isn’t what you said consistent with what I said? I wasn’t replying to a post that showed FB stats over a 3 year period. The stats you cite later ARE indicative of a large program where insiders are dumping a lot of their FB stock. That is exactly the kind of data I would want to know before I drew any conclusions from it. Not the snapshot of smaller sales that I was commenting on.
I’ve not seen you so worked up before. I hope you’re feeling better today.