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Clear filtersThe 8-K: Current Reports
The form a company files when something material happens between periodic reports. It is the fastest-moving filing type and the one most worth watching in real time.
The Proxy Statement (DEF 14A)
The document covering the shareholder vote. It is also where executive pay, board composition and related-party transactions are disclosed in detail.
The S-1 and the IPO
The registration statement filed before a company sells shares publicly for the first time. It is the most detailed document a company ever produces about itself.
Form 13F: Institutional Holdings
A quarterly disclosure of US-listed equity positions by large managers. Genuinely informative, and surrounded by more misconceptions than any other filing.
Insider Transactions: Forms 3, 4 and 5
Officers, directors and large holders must report their own trades within two business days. The transaction codes are what separate a real signal from routine administration.
How to Read a Filing Fast
A 10-K runs to two hundred pages and most of it is boilerplate. A repeatable order of attack extracts the substance in twenty minutes.
Form 20-F and Form 40-F
The annual reports filed by foreign private issuers. Less frequent than a 10-K, on a different accounting basis, and with a different disclosure regime behind them.