Insider: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Insider

  • somebody who has access to information that is privileged and unavailable to most members of the public

Wiktionary Definition for: Insider

  • #one who has special knowledge about the inner workings of an organization

Additional Resources

Uncovering Insider Trading
It isn't a coincidence that corporate executives seem to always buy and sell at the right times. After all, the CEOs and CFOs of the world have access to every bit of company information one could ever want. This doesn't mean individual investors are left in the dark. Insider trading...
Tags: Insider, Investopedia, Channel Management, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance
White papers 2002-06-12
Insider Rankings - Illustration - Statistical Data Included
Insider Rankings The following is our regular monthly ranking of the S&P 500 companies by insider activity. Unlike our ...
Tags: TRW
Research articles 2000-04-24
The Regulation Of Insider Trading As An Agency Problem
This paper attempts to shed a new light on the insider trading issue by studying the unintended effects of insider trading laws. It shows that government regulation of insider trading can actually make the problems it intends to resolve worse. More particularly, this paper shows that insider trading laws instead...
Tags: Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Regulation, Insider, Agency
White papers 2005-03-31
Insider Rankings
Insider Rankings The following is our regular monthly ranking of the S&P 500 companies by insider activity. Unlike our buy/sell reports, these rankings represent a quantitative view not qualitative of where insider accumulation and distribution have been the heaviest during the past three months. ...
Tags: Automatic Data Processing Inc.
Research articles 2001-07-09
InsiderScore Highlights Notable Insider Activity at Cott, Mannatech, Ownes-Illinois and Southwest Airlines in its Weekly Insider Report
PRINCETON, N.J. -- InsiderScore (http://www.insiderscore.com), an insider trading data monitoring and intelligence service designed for professional investors, today announced the release of its October 26th Weekly Insider Report.
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co.
Research articles 2005-10-27
Insider Rankings - insider trading, Dow 30 companies - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
The following is our regular monthly ranking of the Dow 30 companies by insider activity. Unlike our buy/sell reports, these rankings represent a quantitative view not qualitative of where insider accumulation and distribution have been the heaviest during the past three months.
Tags: The Dow Chemical Co.
Research articles 1999-08-30
Insider Rankings
Insider Rankings The following is our regular monthly ranking of the Dow 30 companies by insider activity. Unlike our buy/sell reports, these rankings represent a quantitative view not qualitative of where insider accumulation and distribution have been the heaviest during the past three months. Dow 30 stocks ...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Intel Corp., Johnson & Johnson
Research articles 2001-10-15
Insider Rankings
Insider Rankings The following is our regular monthly ranking of the Dow 30 companies by insider activity. Unlike our buy/sell reports, these rankings represent a quantitative view not qualitative of where insider accumulation and distribution have been the heaviest during the past three months. Dow 30 Stocks ...
Tags: General Electric Co., Intel Corp., Johnson & Johnson
Research articles 2001-11-05
InsiderScore Announces Investment Opinion: InsiderScore Highlights Notable Insider Activity at ValueClick, Endwave, Napster and Caribou Coffee in Its Weekly Insider Report
PRINCETON, N.J. -- InsiderScore (http://www.insiderscore.com), an insider trading data monitoring and intelligence service designed for professional investors, today announced the release of its latest Weekly Insider Report.
Tags: Napster Inc.
Research articles 2005-11-17
Insider Rankings
Insider Rankings The following is our regular monthly ranking of the Dow 30 companies by insider activity. Unlike our buy/sell reports, these rankings represent a quantitative view not qualitative of where insider accumulation and distribution have been the heaviest during the past three months. Dow 30 Stocks ...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Intel Corp.
Research articles 2001-09-24
Insider Rankings
Insider Rankings The following is our regular monthly ranking of the Dow 30 companies by insider activity. Unlike our buy/sell reports, these rankings represent a quantitative view not qualitative of where insider accumulation and distribution have been the heaviest during the past three months. Dow 30 Stocks ...
Tags: General Electric Co., Intel Corp.
Research articles 2001-07-23
Insider Rankings - Dow 30 companies rated by insider activity - Brief Article - Illustration - Statistical Data Included
The following is our regular monthly ranking of the Dow 30 companies by insider activity. Unlike our buy/sell reports, these rankings represent a quantitative view not qualitative of where insider accumulation and distribution have been the heaviest during the past three months.
Tags: The Dow Chemical Co.
Research articles 2000-05-01
InsiderScore Highlights Insider Buying at Amerada Hess, CenterPoint Energy, Cabela's and Sharper Image
PRINCETON, N.J. -- InsiderScore (http://www.insiderscore.com), an insider trading data monitoring and intelligence service designed for professional investors, today announced the release of its September 14th Weekly Insider Report.
Tags: Sharper Image Corp.
Research articles 2005-09-15
Insider Rankings
Insider Rankings The following is our regular monthly ranking of the S&P 500 companies by insider activity. ...
Tags: Automatic Data Processing Inc.
Research articles 2001-02-19
A Comparative Empirical Investigation of Agency and Market Theories of Insider Trading
The paper summarizes various agency cost and market theories of insider trading propounded over the course of the perennial law and economics debate over insider trading. The paper then suggests three testable hypotheses regarding the relationship between insider trading laws and several measures financial performance. Using international data and alternative...
Tags: Theory, Agency, Stock, Insider, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance
White papers 2004-10-22
Largest Insider Trades
Largest Insider Trades The following table lists the companies with the highest dollar activity during the last 90 days. Because the table looks at transactions over 90 days, you may see a company name on the list and the trade will be found in an older Insider Chronicle issue. This...
Research articles 2001-08-13
Summary of Insider Trading as Reported in FIRST CALL Insider Research Services
INSIDERS' CHRONICLE
Research articles 1999-06-14
Nomura Busted for Insider Trading
Nomura, Japan's largest brokerage, was caught red-handed involved with insider trading. But the real news isn't that a Japanese investment bank was involved in insider trading, but rather that one erred in an unknown manner that angered bureaucrats enough to slap it back into line. by Kevin Kelleher
Tags: Japan, Insider, Nomura, Skipper, Government, Benefits, Food & Beverage, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Kevin Kelleher
Blog posts 2008-04-22
Stock Market Insider Trading: Victims, Violators And Remedies-Including An Analogy To Fraud In The Sale Of A Used Car With A Generic Defect
This Article discusses the following two questions: (1) Is the act of stock market insider trading as opposed to the accompanying nondisclosure or lie a victimless crime? (2) Is stock market insider trading fraud? The Article also briefly addresses two additional questions: (1) When does insider trading or tipping violate...
Tags: Finance, Investment, Stock Market, Fraud, Social Science Electronic Publishing Inc., Stock
White papers 2003-01-01
Preferences
A preference or preferential transfer under Section 547b of the federal bankruptcy code is: A payment or transfer of an interest in property received by a creditor within a defined period prior to the payor debtor filing bankruptcy. The purpose of the law is to discourage disparate treatment of creditors...
Tags: Debtor, Bankruptcy, Business Operations, Litigation, Creditor, Preference
White papers 2003-08-21
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