Insider Action Says It's Not Too Late to Sell By Jonathan Moreland About this article: This (hopefully) once-in-a-generation stock market dislocation has insiders buying their sinking shares much more while also selling much less. That has generated increasingly positive insider buy/sell ratios, which I calculate every week in my InsiderInsights newsletter. Alas, as I explained in my Oct. 7 column, increasingly positive insider buy/sell ratios usually correspond with continuing market weakness. The time to get bullish is when the ratios actually peak and start inflecting lower. With so many stocks already looking way oversold, isn't it too late to start shorting? Judging by historical valuations, perhaps. But that seemed to be the case a couple weeks ago as well, and many stocks have casually given up 10% or more since then. Considering the likelihood of more weeks or months of depressing economic headlines, at least one more round of double-digit declines will unfortunately be on the way for many stocks. An... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200. More Stories From RealMoney Durable Goods Up Move Down the Tech Food Chain Jobless Claims Still High Bulls' Tenacity Is the Big Question Mark Should You Buy It? Pharmaceutical Product Development Bad News Trumps All Support for Banks Holds, For Now Bummer, Yields Are on the Rise Money on the Line Makes a Big Difference Structured Products: Unsafe at Any Price MORE STORIES FROM REALMONEY

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