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

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Fbo Arthur G Altschul Jr Uad 11/20/64 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 Arthur G Altschul Jr Uad 11/20/64 Trust has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:GAM / General American Investors Company, Inc. 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 Arthur G Altschul Jr Uad 11/20/64 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 (%)
2016-06-23 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 909 31.3320 909 31.3320 28,481 139 29.5400 -1,628 -5.72
2016-06-22 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 900 31.0085 900 31.0085 27,908
2016-06-13 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 2,000 31.1116 2,000 31.1116 62,223
2016-05-24 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 2,000 30.8305 2,000 30.8305 61,661
2016-05-16 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 400 30.6500 400 30.6500 12,260
2016-04-27 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 1,000 31.8924 1,000 31.8924 31,892
2016-04-26 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 1,000 31.7518 1,000 31.7518 31,752
2016-04-22 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 200 31.7550 200 31.7550 6,351
2016-04-19 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 1,500 31.6156 1,500 31.6156 47,423
2016-04-18 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 500 31.5000 500 31.5000 15,750
2015-07-28 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 1,000 34.1220 1,000 34.1220 34,122
2015-07-02 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 3,000 34.7005 3,000 34.7005 104,102
2015-07-01 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 1,000 34.8800 1,000 34.8800 34,880
2015-05-22 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 2,000 35.9153 2,000 35.9153 71,831
2015-04-22 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 5,000 35.3952 5,000 35.3952 176,976
2014-03-07 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 1,600 35.0744 1,600 35.0744 56,119
2014-03-06 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 1,435 35.1320 1,435 35.1320 50,414
2014-03-05 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 2,889 35.1152 2,889 35.1152 101,448
2014-03-04 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 812 35.1067 812 35.1067 28,507
2014-03-03 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 278 34.6243 278 34.6243 9,626
2014-02-28 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 1,467 34.7683 1,467 34.7683 51,005
2014-02-24 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 106 34.5200 106 34.5200 3,659
2014-02-21 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 214 34.2937 214 34.2937 7,339
2014-02-20 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 3,165 34.3122 3,165 34.3122 108,598
2014-02-07 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 925 33.1249 925 33.1249 30,641
2014-02-05 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 1,458 32.6296 1,458 32.6296 47,574
2014-02-04 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 2,373 32.6128 2,373 32.6128 77,390
2014-02-03 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 2,622 32.5893 2,622 32.5893 85,449
2014-01-31 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 547 33.5580 547 33.5580 18,356
2014-01-07 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 1,000 34.5014 1,000 34.5014 34,501
2013-10-21 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 15,000 35.0885 15,000 35.0885 526,328
2013-09-11 GAM TRUST FBO ARTHUR G ALTSCHUL JR UAD 11/20/64 15,000 33.8754 15,000 33.8754 508,131

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 Arthur G Altschul Jr Uad 11/20/64 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
2016-06-24 2016-06-23 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -909 0 -100.00 31.33 -28,481
2016-06-24 2016-06-22 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -900 909 -49.75 31.01 -27,908 28,187
2016-06-14 2016-06-13 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,000 1,809 -52.51 31.11 -62,223 56,281
2016-05-25 2016-05-24 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,000 3,809 -34.43 30.83 -61,661 117,433
2016-05-18 2016-05-16 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -400 5,809 -6.44 30.65 -12,260 178,046
2016-04-28 2016-04-27 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 6,209 -13.87 31.89 -31,892 198,020
2016-04-28 2016-04-26 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 7,209 -12.18 31.75 -31,752 228,899
2016-04-26 2016-04-22 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -200 8,209 -2.38 31.76 -6,351 260,677
2016-04-20 2016-04-19 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,500 8,409 -15.14 31.62 -47,423 265,856
2016-04-20 2016-04-18 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -500 9,909 -4.80 31.50 -15,750 312,134
2015-07-29 2015-07-28 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 10,409 -8.77 34.12 -34,122 355,176
2015-07-06 2015-07-02 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,000 11,409 -20.82 34.70 -104,102 395,898
2015-07-06 2015-07-01 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 14,409 -6.49 34.88 -34,880 502,586
2015-05-26 2015-05-22 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,000 15,409 -11.49 35.92 -71,831 553,419
2015-04-23 2015-04-22 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -5,000 17,409 -22.31 35.40 -176,976 616,195
2014-03-11 2014-03-07 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,600 22,409 -6.66 35.07 -56,119 785,982
2014-03-11 2014-03-06 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,435 24,009 -5.64 35.13 -50,414 843,484
2014-03-06 2014-03-05 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,889 25,444 -10.20 35.12 -101,448 893,471
2014-03-06 2014-03-04 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -812 28,333 -2.79 35.11 -28,507 994,678
2014-03-06 2014-03-03 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -278 29,145 -0.94 34.62 -9,626 1,009,125
2014-03-03 2014-02-28 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,467 29,423 -4.75 34.77 -51,005 1,022,988
2014-02-26 2014-02-24 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -106 30,890 -0.34 34.52 -3,659 1,066,323
2014-02-24 2014-02-21 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -214 30,996 -0.69 34.29 -7,339 1,062,968
2014-02-24 2014-02-20 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,165 31,210 -9.21 34.31 -108,598 1,070,884
2014-02-11 2014-02-07 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -925 34,375 -2.62 33.12 -30,641 1,138,668
2014-02-07 2014-02-05 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,458 35,300 -3.97 32.63 -47,574 1,151,825
2014-02-05 2014-02-04 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common STock
S - Sale -2,373 36,758 -6.06 32.61 -77,390 1,198,781
2014-02-05 2014-02-03 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,622 39,131 -6.28 32.59 -85,449 1,275,252
2014-02-03 2014-01-31 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -547 41,753 -1.29 33.56 -18,356 1,401,147
2014-01-09 2014-01-07 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 42,300 -2.31 34.50 -34,501 1,459,409
2013-10-21 2013-10-21 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -15,000 43,300 -25.73 35.09 -526,328 1,519,332
2013-09-12 2013-09-11 4 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -15,000 58,300 -20.46 33.88 -508,131 1,974,936
2012-02-10 2011-12-23 5 GAM GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Common Stock
J - Other 1,410 73,300 1.96 25.48 35,927 1,867,684
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)