I don’t know your financial status but I can’t imagine that your purchase of a few thousand shares would catch anyone’s attention.
Also, the stock won’t go up more than a few percent.
Lets say it is trading at $25 per share. The buyout offer MIGHT be for 10-20% above the market (in order to intice enough people to tender their shares). It won’t double or triple. A profit of $4 per share on 2000 shares isn’t going to let you retire.
On the other hand, Martha Stewart went to jail for lying to the grand jury about trying to save a $49,000 loss (after acting on insider information).
