INK stands for Insider News and Knowledge. Our Company Insider Alert (CIA) Interactive service is
built on the legally reported buying and selling of public company executives and institutional
investors (10% security holders).
CIA Interactive is a distinct subscription service that allows your
portfolio to benefit from the tendency of insider buying and selling to outperform the market.
To make insider signals even more powerful, we combine them with valuation and momentum factors to help expand your investment opportunities.
Learn about our platform with INK Research CEO Ted Dixon
By harnessing a combination of tools, insight and critical data not found anywhere else, the INK Research platform can help you make better
investing decisions to build wealth. For power data users, portfolio managers, advisors, and sophisticated investors, inkresearch.com provides
tools and research to help outperform the competition.
Most importantly, INK Research is subscriber supported and does not accept payments for stock coverage. We work for you. Watch the video below
to see how our platform lets the insiders guide us to opportunity in North American markets.
INK Insider Indicators
Our exclusive INK indicators are a daily rolling survey about how insiders view the opportunity to make money in the market or in specific sectors.
When an indicator hits a peak, insiders are the most optimistic. Back in late fall 2008, INK's market indicators hit an all-time peak suggesting that stocks were deeply
undervalued and presented a significant buying opportunity for those with time horizons of 12 to 18 months. Share prices subsequently rallied strongly, with many
small-cap names doubling in value over the next year.
INK's indicator coverage includes all top level North American Sectors and key industries.
Following insider sentiment is invaluable during periods of market volatility. Insider views on the market can help you confirm whether or not it's time to take money off
the table during periods of euphoric rallies or to buy when stocks are falling.
Insiders and Company News
Are insiders buying or selling the news? See how insiders react to company news releases which you find on every company page. We provide news releases distributed by major newswire
providers ACCESSWIRE,
Business Wire,
CNW,
GlobeNewswire,
Newsfile,
PR Newswire, and
TheNewswire. Combining company news with insider buying or selling can be a powerful investing
tool. If insiders are selling after bad news, shouldn't you be too? On the other hand, if news is good, and insiders keep buying it could signal a growth opportunity!
May 9, 2016 Nasdaq announces on its Times Square tower that INK Research along with sister websites
CanadianInsider.com and InsiderTracking.com has joined the GlobeNewswire distribution Network.
INK Alerts
Never miss an insight from insider activity. To our knowledge, the INK Research is the only source providing customizable email alerts
for both SEC and SEDI insider filings as they become available for distribution. We deliver SEC insider filings alerts
moments after they are published. For Canadian stocks, we generate your INK alerts during the trading day as soon as we receive filings
from regulators.
Our CIA Institutional service allows you to customize alerts, so you receive the type of information you want, ranging from everything
to select transactions such as public market buying and selling, options grants, or Canadian issuer buybacks. Institutional+
members can also receive their portfolio filings in CSV format.
Join us to get our leading-edge insider email alerts so you always
know what insiders are doing in the stocks that matter to you.
The INK Edge Outlook ranks over 6,000 US and Canadian stocks based on our V.I.P. criteria:
Valuations
Insider commitment
Price momentum
We assign a Sunny outlook to the strongest stocks while weakest end up in the Rainy category. Those with promising outlooks are assigned a Mostly Sunny outlook while those with above average
risk get a Cloudy reading. Stocks in the middle that could end up breaking to either the bright or stormy side are in the mixed category.
The INK Canadian Insider Index represents the institutional-level daily live track record for the INK Edge process.
This rules-based mid-cap oriented Index uses INK Research's proprietary INK Edge ® V.I.P. screening criteria of value, insider commitment and price momentum
to identify 50 Toronto Stock Exchange listed stocks that offer attractive growth or value opportunities. The result is a benchmark of Canadian market opportunity
as identified by insiders.
The index has historically performed best during periods of relatively high nominal growth. This can be seen on the long-term chart where the INK CIN started
to noticeably outperform the S&P/TSX Composite Index during and after the COVID pandemic as countries embarked on making investments to restructure supply chains. The supply
chain overhaul coincides with a secular shift in geopolitical and trade alignments that are still taking shape.
These realignments are forcing countries to expand their defence capabilities and strengthen their industrial capacities. This process will take many years to
unfold and provide persistent tailwinds for the Canadian market as government-supported investments support nominal global economic growth. The INK Edge can
help investors capitalize on the opportunities ahead.
INK Canadian Insider Index (red) vs. S&P/TSX Composite Index (gray)
Nov. 17, 2014 – Nov. 15, 2024 (weekly price data)
After the Index went live on November 14, 2014, it more than tripled over the subsequent 10 years. It rose 11.7% on an annualized basis. By our estimate, that is about
3.1% better annually than the S&P/TSX Composite Index including dividends. The INK CIN has continued to widen the gap in performance in its second decade. In 2025,
the INK CIN rallied 37.5%, well ahead of the S&P/TSX Composite, up 28.3% (before dividends).
This live track record supports our view that insiders can help guide us to opportunity during this secular period of exceptional change.
INK Canadian Insider Index (red) vs. S&P/TSX Composite Index (gray)
Dec. 31, 2024 – Dec. 31, 2025 (daily price data)
Every week, we highlight one stock with insider buying in the Globe and Mail. Look for the weekly feature at Globe Investor online and special contributions from INK
CEO Ted Dixon every few weeks.
If you're looking for easy-to-access North American insider and company data plus core INK Research PDF reports, check out
canadianinsider.com. It was
the first to offer free North American quantitative stock rankings that incorporate insider commitment. The public can see the outlook rankings on a delayed basis,
while Canadian Insider Ultra Club members get a limited number of current INK Edge outlook updates each month. Sign up as an Intro member for a free starter watch
list..
You can find recent insider activity in North American stocks on Insider Tracking. Subscribe to the
Insider Tracking Advantage Ultra service for low-cost insider filing
and news email alerts. Advantage Ultra helps you stay on top of what insiders are doing in the stocks you own or are watching. Ultra Advantage members also have
direct access to INK Research PDF market reports and the Morning INK Report (email delivery is not available for the morning report or Canadian market report).
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