My employer recently sent a reminder for employees to avoid conducting any insider trading, but didn't offer much insight or guidance on how to determine if you are aware of anything that may count towards insider knowledge. Before I began with this company I was purchasing a lot of one certain already popular stock and I was planning to continue to do so, with a large sum purchase ready to go any week now. It just so happens we are clients to this company. I haven't personally seen anything from them that has changed my investment thesis and aside from standard technical product documentation I have only seen our contracts with the company, which would be peanuts to their overall business. How can I be sure to protect myself and continue to invest with peace of mind? I don't consider myself having any material knowledge that the average person would find relevant in deciding to invest, and actually the sentiment among my coworkers of the company is rather poor. I don't want to change my investment strategy as I personally am sold on the growth potential. Anyone have some additional rules or guidelines to share? I'm intentionally being vague about my employers business and the stock in question but hope provided enough context for a discussion.
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