President & COO of LPL Investment Holdings Inc. (LPLA) Robert J. Moore buys 20,000 shares of LPLA on 08/08/2012 at an average price of $28.42 a share.

Lpl Financial Holdings Inc has a market cap of $3.07 billion; its shares were traded at around $28.795 with a P/E ratio of 15.1 and P/S ratio of 0.9.


This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of LPLA. For the complete insider trading history of LPLA, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• MD, Chief Marketing Officer Joan D Khoury bought 2,000 shares of LPLA stock on 05/11/2012 at the average price of 32. Joan D Khoury owns at least 2,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 10.02% since.
• MD & General Counsel Stephanie L Brown sold 11,000 shares of LPLA stock on 06/29/2012 at the average price of 33.83. Stephanie L Brown owns at least 622,605 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 14.88% since.
• Director, 10% Owner & Friedman Llc Hellman sold 7,250,000 shares of LPLA stock on 05/07/2012 at the average price of 33.38. & Friedman Llc Hellman owns at least 13,480 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 13.74% since.
• MD, Custom Clearing Services Jonathan Eaton sold 1,250 shares of LPLA stock on 04/30/2012 at the average price of 35.7. Jonathan Eaton owns at least 199,109 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 19.34% since.
• MD & General Counsel Stephanie L Brown sold 25,000 shares of LPLA stock on 04/10/2012 at the average price of 37.3. Stephanie L Brown owns at least 619,107 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 22.8% since.

For the complete insider trading history of LPLA, click here.

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1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
3. Another study found that the aggregated activities of insiders can serve as a good indicator to locate market bottoms. Insiders as a whole are smart investors of their own companies.

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