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Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by itsoktocry on Thursday April 15, 2021 @02:29PM (#26824393)
>Pelosi's husband has been very bullish for a long time on Tesla, Apple & tech in general I do believe.

I'm curious where you are reading about Paul Pelosi's stock picks. Regardless, so what? He has no business owning and/or trading shares of companies the person he shares a bed with has influence over.

Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by mattferderer on Thursday April 15, 2021 @03:48PM (#26825315)
His name comes up often enough in Finance News Headlines. He makes large transactions. Nancy's office has to file those, so they make great headlines. A quick search should give you thousands of them.

I have no position on your 2nd sentence. I agree in philosophy but acknowledge the details are complicated.

Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by pc86 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:21PM (#26826892)
Does Nancy Pelosi have influence over Tesla?

Even if you take a pretty hard-line attitude about members of Congress being prohibited from doing things like trading their own portfolios, it's hard to make a cogent argument that Paul Pelosi, who is by all measures a private citizen, should be restricted from trading specific stocks.

Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by sweeneyrod on Thursday April 15, 2021 @07:12PM (#26827338)
"it's hard to make a cogent argument that Paul Pelosi, who is by all measures a private citizen, should be restricted from trading specific stocks"

No it's not. If you grant that Nancy Pelosi should be treated similarly to a corporate insider, then it is pretty obvious that her spouse should be treated like an insider's would be.