&gt;&gt;&gt; &quot;Investigators have uncovered a 10% uptick in the number of accepted credit card offers from key Apple employees. Speculation about Apple&#x27;s poor recent performance seems validated by their own employees obtaining as much cheap credit as they can get before the inevitable catastrophe approaches.<p>That is exactly the sort of thing that investors might look for.  The personal behavior of executive is very telling.  It is more so for privately-held corps, but can be applied to apple.  Seeing an exec liquidating assets or taking on apparently unnecessary dept can speak to that execs future plans, which are tied to corporate moves.  Some investors watch family members.  A wife&#x2F;mistress&#x2F;girlfriend&#x2F;husband shopping for a new house out of town may be the sign that the exec is about to leave one firm for another.  How they plan to finance the purchase also counts.<p>One big tell, especially with startups, is communications with particular immigration lawyers.  Execs facing a windfall often want to abandon their US citizenship in favor of somewhere with better tax treatment.  See Saverin at facebook.  So any communication with lawyers specializing in this process is a good sign of a buyout in the works.  Either that, or they plan on winning the lottery in the coming months.  You have to finish the process before you win the money.