Merrill Lynch & Co Inc

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc is a declared insider at 7 companies; the most frequent names are BlackRock Inc., Delphi Corp and Herc Holdings Inc. Over a trading history stretching from 5 October 2006 to 28 January 2009, the count stands at 981 filings.

In open-market terms, that means 322 purchases worth €8.2M on one side and 647 sales worth €38.6M on the other. Sales outweigh purchases by €30.4M. A purchase on the market is a deliberate choice to commit personal money, which is why it draws more attention than a grant. Other entries cover 10 share grants. 2009 to date brings 11 purchases and 12 sales.

Half of the purchases are above €3,349 and half below. For 110 purchases whose 90-day window has closed, the share price was higher on day 90 than the day after publication in 46% of cases, with a median move of -1.3%. These figures describe past trades and do not predict future prices.

Most recently, on 30 January 2009, the filings show an open-market sale worth €8,803 in BlackRock Inc. The most recent open-market purchase was published on 30 January 2009, 6,476 days ago. Between a trade and the moment it shows up on SEC (Form 4), the median delay is 7 days. Section 16 rules allow two business days to file each Form 4. A sale on its own says little: insiders also sell to pay tax, fund a purchase or diversify. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by SEC (Form 4). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.