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Kaufman Ian: insider trades

Officer at Vivmark Residential. No open-market purchases and 31 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from May 14, 2010 to February 19, 2026.

What happened after Kaufman Ian’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −4.6% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 50% trailed it.

With 296 insiders tested, some will look skilled or unskilled by chance alone: when we replaced each insider’s stocks with random companies bought on the same days, about 5.7 cleared the bar ahead and 23.3 behind. One record on its own proves little.

Trade by trade

Kaufman Ian: trades against the S&P 500 afterwards
MeasuredTrades countedAverage vs S&P 500MedianWent the right wayYearst-statisticp-valueEvidence
Purchases, 3 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 6 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 12 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 12 months after the trade 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Sales, 3 months after the report 31 −0.6% −1.7% 55% 17 −0.81 0.43 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 30 −4.6% −0.1% 50% 16 −2.02 0.062 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 30 −4.5% −1.5% 50% 16 −1.96 0.069 No reliable evidence

“Average vs S&P 500” is the stock’s return including dividends minus the index’s over the same dates, from the close on the first trading day after the report, or from the close on the trade date. Only windows that have finished are counted. For sales, a negative figure means the stock lagged after it was sold, so selling was the right call (green). “Went the right way” is the share of purchases that beat the index, or of sales that trailed it. The t-statistic uses one average per year of reports, because one person’s trades bunch into the same stock and weeks, and needs trades in at least four different years; the p-value comes from the t distribution with that number of years (with four years, a t of 2 has p = 0.14). “Some evidence” means p under 5%, “strong evidence” p under 1% over at least six years.

Companies traded

CompanyTitle on the latest filingPurchasesSalesFirst reportLatest report
Vivmark Residential VMRK Chief Accounting Officer031May 14, 2010February 19, 2026

Trades and what followed

Moves are against the S&P 500; green means the trade went the insider’s way.

ReportedTradedCompanyTradeValue3 months after report12 months after report12 months after trade
February 19, 2026February 18, 2026 VMRK Sale $57,776 −1.7%not yetnot yet
February 7, 2025February 6, 2025 VMRK Sale $46,263 +4.3%−20.7%−22.3%
August 23, 2024August 21, 2024 VMRK Sale $466,848 −1.7%−24.2%−22.9%
February 15, 2024February 13, 2024 VMRK Sale $41,385 +6.7%+0.3%+2.4%
February 16, 2023February 14, 2023 VMRK Sale $45,534 −8.8%−26.8%−28.4%
February 7, 2022February 4, 2022 VMRK Sale $78,413 −4.7%−15.3%−19.6%
June 14, 2021June 10, 2021 VMRK Sale $337,920 −1.6%−0.4%−4.0%
February 17, 2021February 16, 2021 VMRK Sale $62,748 +6.0%+17.8%+18.4%
February 6, 2020February 4, 2020 VMRK Sale $74,476 −11.5%−37.9%−39.6%
August 8, 2019August 7, 2019 VMRK Sale $1,205,760 −2.0%−46.9%−48.9%
February 7, 2019February 5, 2019 VMRK Sale $67,300 −2.9%−7.0%−6.7%
September 12, 2018September 10, 2018 VMRK Sale $343,831 +11.9%+23.5%+22.7%
February 8, 2018February 7, 2018 VMRK Sale $39,795 +6.7%+25.7%+30.6%
February 8, 2017February 7, 2017 VMRK Sale $85,914 +2.1%−20.5%−22.5%
March 16, 2016March 15, 2016 VMRK Sale $80,119 −12.7%−26.8%−26.5%
February 10, 2016February 9, 2016 VMRK Sale $44,877 −2.1%−23.4%−22.1%
March 20, 2015March 19, 2015 VMRK Sale $434,640 −11.8%+3.5%+6.6%
February 9, 2015February 6, 2015 VMRK Sale $41,301 −6.3%+3.7%+3.1%
September 8, 2014September 5, 2014 VMRK Sale $378,885 +3.3%+6.7%+8.2%
February 12, 2014February 11, 2014 VMRK Sale $93,670 +3.5%+22.6%+22.8%
February 11, 2013February 8, 2013 VMRK Sale $26,811 −5.4%−17.4%−13.5%
June 15, 2012June 14, 2012 VMRK Sale $80,613 −11.4%−31.7%−32.5%
March 6, 2012March 5, 2012 VMRK Sale $132,936 +8.7%−20.7%−18.6%
February 7, 2012February 7, 2012 VMRK Sale $26,907 +5.8%−16.9%−19.3%
May 2, 2011April 29, 2011 VMRK Sale $39,131 +8.5%+2.5%+1.0%
February 9, 2011February 8, 2011 VMRK Sale $355,265 +7.9%+7.6%+10.3%
December 23, 2010December 22, 2010 VMRK Sale $137,022 +0.8%+10.7%+12.2%
September 15, 2010September 14, 2010 VMRK Sale $242,245 −7.9%+13.3%+21.6%
September 13, 2010September 9, 2010 VMRK Sale $71,024 −3.7%+21.6%+24.2%
September 8, 2010September 3, 2010 VMRK Sale $162,680 −2.9%+24.2%+17.3%
May 14, 2010May 12, 2010 VMRK Sale $206,544 +3.0%+14.1%+10.3%

Open-market purchases and sales of at least $10,000 in companies we cover, from SEC Form 4 filings; sales made under a pre-set Rule 10b5-1 plan are not shown. “Not yet” means the window has not finished or the share price was under $5 at entry. These are the shares’ moves after each trade: they say nothing about why Kaufman Ian traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.