..., this study examines the relation between short interest and subsequent insider trading activities. Findings The following results are reported. First, there is a strong inverse relation between short selling and subsequent insider trading, which is partially due to common private information and same...

...Qin Lei; Murli Rajan; Xuewu Wang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how insiders’ trades are executed and whether and how outside investors can mimic outperforming insiders and reap substantial portfolio returns that withstand the erosion from adjustments for both the standard...

... performance of US corporate insiders: trading alpha. This metric is clean of the contamination effect from insiders' own trades. The authors apply this metric to examine whether insiders can beat the market when they trade. Findings It is found that corporate insiders achieve positive trading alpha...