At some point in the (distant?) future, you might

At some point in the (distant?) future, you might want to consider selling shares on a fixed schedule so you (we) don't have to hear uninformed, basher speculation. Apparently a schedule calms a lot of analyst and shareholder fears.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788...32772.html

When it comes to buying and selling their companies' stocks, there are two kinds of corporate insiders: Those who trade on a fixed schedule and those who don't. Investors should be careful to distinguish between the two.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates falls into the former camp, selling 20 million shares of the company he founded every three months. Those sales are made under a 10b5-1 plan, the Securities and Exchange rule that allows executives to set up stock transactions in advance ...