NEW YORK (Reuters) - Share buybacks by U.S. corporations could be back in style this year as an improving economy makes companies more willing to loosen their purse strings to fund transactions that could reward investors with a higher share price. Repurchases rose solidly through the boom years starting in late 2004 before dropping off in the second quarter of ...

Edward Shook can't resist a bull market. He rode the one in the late 1990s and lost $350,000 in the dot-com collapse. Shaken but optimistic, he bought into the bull market that followed — and lost another $350,000 from his ...

INSIDER SELL-OFFS

The Dow broke 10,000 on Oct. 14, but insiders have been signaling a stock market pullback. Since Sept. 1 directors and executives at publicly traded U.S. companies have sold $40 worth of shares for every $1 of purchases. That compares with $22 in sales for every $1 buy from March through August. Insider selling hasn't ...

The market rally has been strong and the bears continue to look for anything that could signal the downturn they’ve been waiting for months on to come. The latest “it makes sense on paper” market myth the bears have clung onto has been insider trading activity. Insider trading is when corporate insiders like directors ...