Donald E. Benson

Donald E. Benson is a declared insider at 5 companies; the most frequent names are Barings Participation Investors, First California Financial Group, Inc. and National Mercantile Bancorp. In total, 23 filings cover trades dated from 18 September 2006 to 31 May 2013.

On the market, this insider has only ever bought: 11 purchases, €33k in total. Buying on the open market means paying the going price with one's own funds, a different act from receiving shares as pay. Other entries cover 5 share grants and 2 option exercises.

Half of the purchases are above €3,554 and half below. Ninety days after publication, 11 purchases show a median change of -3.8%, with the price up in 36% of them. This is a record of the past, not a forecast.

Most recently, on 31 May 2013, the filings show a transaction in First California Financial Group, Inc. The clock since the last published purchase (25 January 2012) now reads 5,385 days. Between a trade and the moment it shows up on SEC (Form 4), the median delay is 3 days. Section 16 rules allow two business days to file each Form 4. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.