# What Insider Buying Adds to Fund Tracking

## Two public signals, different clocks

13F filings show institutional holdings after the quarter ends. Insider filings can arrive much closer to the transaction date. That makes insider activity a useful companion signal, especially when a company is already appearing in fund portfolios.

The strongest cases are usually not one isolated purchase. They are patterns:

- Multiple insiders buying in a short window.
- Directors buying after a drawdown.
- Insider buying near the same period that long-term funds are adding.

## Why context still matters

Insider buying is not a verdict. Purchase size, compensation, liquidity, and the insider's prior behavior all matter. A small token buy from one director is different from a meaningful open-market purchase by a founder or CFO.

FolioFact combines these public signals so readers can see the overlap quickly, then do the real work: valuation, business quality, and risk.