Re:Senator dumped up to $1.6M of stock after reassuring publ...
by smabie on Thursday March 19, 2020 @07:19PM
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That's not the definition of insider trading.
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Re:Senator dumped up to $1.6M of stock after reassuring publ...
by mulmen on Thursday March 19, 2020 @07:39PM
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Ok, I’ll bite. If that is not the definition of insider trading what is?
Re:Senator dumped up to $1.6M of stock after reassuring publ...
by microtherion on Thursday March 19, 2020 @08:01PM
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One additional element is that said information is obtained through privileged access (i.e. you acquire it in an official capacity and are expected to keep it confidential; if you overhear a random conversation, the information may not be available to the general public, but you can still trade on it).
Pretty sure Burr's access to the information would qualify under this definition.