General American Investors Company, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US3688021043

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Fbo Altschul Stephen F Uw Altschul Hg Trust. Insiders are officers, directors, or significant investors in a company. It is illegal for insiders to make trades in their companies based on specific, non-public information. This does not mean it is illegal for them to make any trades in their own companies. However, they must report all trades to the SEC via a Form 4. Despite these restrictions, academic research suggests that insiders - in general - tend to outperform the market in their own companies.

Average Trade Profitability

The average trade profitability is the average return of all the open market purchases made by the insider in the last three years. To calculate this, we examine every open-market, unplanned purchase made by the insider, excluding all trades that were marked as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. We then calculate the average performance of those trades over 3, 6, and 12 months, averaging each of those durations to generate a final performance metric for each trade. Finally, we average all of the performance metrics to calculate a performance metric for the insider. This list only includes insiders that have made at least three trades in the last two years.

If this insiders trade profitability is "N/A", then the insider either has not made any open-market purchases in the last three years, or the trades they’ve made are too recent to calculate a reliable performance metric.

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Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate Fbo Altschul Stephen F Uw Altschul Hg Trust has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:GAM / General American Investors Company, Inc. Director 0
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Fbo Altschul Stephen F Uw Altschul Hg Trust. Non-planned trade are trades that were not made as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock performance is charted as cumulative percent change in share price. For example, if an insider trade was made on January 1, 2019, the chart will show the daily percent change of the security to the present day. If the share price were to go from $10 to $15 during this time, the cumulative percent change in share price would be 50%. A change in price from $10 to $20 would be 100%, and a change in price of $10 to $5 would be -50%.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine how closely the insider’s trades correlate to excess returns (positive or negative) in the share price in order to see if the insider is timing their trades to profit from insider information. Consider the situation where an insider was doing this. In this situation, we would expect either (a) positive returns after purchases, or (b) negative returns after sales. In the case of (a), the PURCHASE chart would show a series of upwardly sloping curves, indicating positive returns after each purchase transaction. In the case of (b), the SALE chart would show a series of downward sloping curves, indicating negative returns after each sale transaction.

However, this alone is not enough to draw conclusions. If, for example, the share price of the company was in a non-cyclical climb over many years, then we would expect all the post-purchase plots to be upwardly sloping. Likewise, non-cyclical declines over many years would result in downward sloping post-trade plots. Neither of these charts would suggest insider trading activity.

The strongest indicator would be a situation where the share price was extremely cyclical, and there were both positive signals in the PURCHASE chart and negative plots on the SALE chart. This situation would be highly suggestive of an insider that was timing trades to their financial advantage.

Insider Purchases GAM / General American Investors Company, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in GAM / General American Investors Company, Inc.. This analysis helps to understand if the insider consistently generates abnormal returns, and is worth following. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market purchases that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Max
Price at
Max
Max
Profit ($)
Max Return (%)
There are no known unplanned open-market trades for this insider and security combination

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

GAM / General American Investors Company, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales GAM / General American Investors Company, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in GAM / General American Investors Company, Inc.. A consistent pattern of loss avoidance may suggest that future sale transactions may predict declines in price. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market sales that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Min
Price at
Min
Max Loss
Avoided ($)
Max Loss
Avoided (%)
2018-04-18 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 2,066 34.2524 2,066 34.2524 70,765 250 27.0900 -14,797 -20.91
2017-04-06 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 1,000 33.5300 1,000 33.5300 33,530
2017-03-31 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 1,500 33.5281 1,500 33.5281 50,292
2017-03-17 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 1,000 33.6042 1,000 33.6042 33,604
2016-10-10 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 1,000 32.5875 1,000 32.5875 32,588
2016-09-22 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 1,000 32.9075 1,000 32.9075 32,908
2016-09-16 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 900 32.3000 900 32.3000 29,070
2015-07-14 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 3,000 34.9418 3,000 34.9418 104,825
2015-07-09 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 1,000 34.3678 1,000 34.3678 34,368
2014-05-20 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 212 35.3383 212 35.3383 7,492
2014-05-19 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 788 35.4021 788 35.4021 27,897
2014-05-05 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 629 35.5796 629 35.5796 22,380
2014-03-07 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 1,235 35.0744 1,235 35.0744 43,317
2014-03-06 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 1,105 35.1320 1,105 35.1320 38,821
2014-03-05 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 1,205 35.1152 1,205 35.1152 42,314
2014-02-07 GAM TRUST FBO ALTSCHUL STEPHEN F UW ALTSCHUL HG 475 33.1249 475 33.1249 15,734

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

GAM / General American Investors Company, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Fbo Altschul Stephen F Uw Altschul Hg Trust as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

File Date Tran Date Form Ticker Security Code 10b5-1 Shares Remaining Shares Percent
Change
Share
Price
Tran
Value
Remaining
Value
2018-04-19 2018-04-18 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,066 0 -100.00 34.25 -70,765
2017-04-07 2017-04-06 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 2,066 -32.62 33.53 -33,530 69,273
2017-03-31 2017-03-31 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,500 3,066 -32.85 33.53 -50,292 102,797
2017-03-20 2017-03-17 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 4,566 -17.97 33.60 -33,604 153,437
2016-10-12 2016-10-10 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 5,566 -15.23 32.59 -32,588 181,382
2016-09-26 2016-09-22 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 6,566 -13.22 32.91 -32,908 216,071
2016-09-20 2016-09-16 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -900 7,566 -10.63 32.30 -29,070 244,382
2015-07-15 2015-07-14 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,000 8,466 -26.16 34.94 -104,825 295,817
2015-07-13 2015-07-09 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 11,466 -8.02 34.37 -34,368 394,061
2014-05-21 2014-05-20 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -212 12,466 -1.67 35.34 -7,492 440,527
2014-05-21 2014-05-19 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -788 12,678 -5.85 35.40 -27,897 448,828
2014-05-06 2014-05-05 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -629 13,466 -4.46 35.58 -22,380 479,115
2014-03-10 2014-03-07 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,235 14,095 -8.06 35.07 -43,317 494,374
2014-03-07 2014-03-06 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,105 15,330 -6.72 35.13 -38,821 538,574
2014-03-07 2014-03-05 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,205 16,435 -6.83 35.12 -42,314 577,118
2014-02-11 2014-02-07 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -475 17,640 -2.62 33.12 -15,734 584,323
2012-01-31 2011-12-23 5 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
J - Other 347 18,115 1.95 25.48 8,842 461,570
P
Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security
S
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
A
Grant, award, or other acquisition of securities from the company (such as an option)
C
Conversion of derivative
D
Sale or transfer of securities back to the company
F
Payment of exercise price or tax liability using portion of securities received from the company
G
Gift of securities by or to the insider
K
Equity swaps and similar hedging transactions
M
Exercise or conversion of derivative security received from the company (such as an option)
V
A transaction voluntarily reported on Form 4
J
Other (accompanied by a footnote describing the transaction)