Elliot S. Jaffe

Filings by Elliot S. Jaffe span 2 companies, the busiest being Dress Barn Inc and Ascena Retail Group, Inc. Over a trading history stretching from 31 March 2006 to 12 December 2016, the count stands at 114 filings.

In open-market terms, that means 21 purchases worth €2.9M on one side and 68 sales worth €17.3M on the other. On balance, insiders were net sellers of €14.4M. Open-market purchases are the filings investors watch most closely, because the insider pays for the shares out of pocket. Other entries cover 4 share grants and 15 option exercises. In 2016 alone, the filings show no purchases and 2 sales.

The median purchase comes to €6,191.

On 12 December 2016 came the latest disclosure, an option exercise in Ascena Retail Group, Inc. The latest purchase dates back some time: it was published 3,978 days ago, on 18 December 2015. Typically, a trade is published a median of 1 day after it takes place. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction. Sales are harder to read than purchases, since they often meet personal needs such as tax or diversification. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.