Recently, I came across an interesting observation: over the past few years, all sorts of bizarre major shareholder sell-off maneuvers have been endlessly popping up.

But regardless of the tricks they use to cash out and exit, there’s one iron rule—you’re better off staying away from these stocks. The logic is simple: if even the insiders are eager to bail, it means they have no confidence in their company’s future. When the boss leaves, and only a bunch of retail investors are left holding the bag, with no guiding force at the helm, how could things possibly improve?

And those so-called “divorce by agreement” cases where shares are dumped immediately afterward are even more blatant. When you see signals like this, ordinary investors really need to wise up—don’t end up being the stepping stone for someone else to cash out. There are already too many traps in the market that are hard enough to avoid, so why walk right into them?