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Re:Husband of Amazon employee sentenced to prison for inside... by analog31 on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:26AM (#27469284)
I'd like to see them required to make their portfolios open to the public in real time. That way, the rest of us could invest in an index fund based on congressional investments, and share in their success.
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Re:Husband of Amazon employee sentenced to prison for inside... by ocdtrekkie on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:31AM (#27469312)
That's heavily assuming Congresspeople are successful at investing. Assuming insider trading is still illegal for Congresspeople, you will have a hard time picking between "people not insider trading, good at picking stocks though", "people not insider trading, bad at picking stocks", "people who are insider trading, and actually good at it", and "people who are insider trading, but still make terrible choices".

Good luck.

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Re:Husband of Amazon employee sentenced to prison for inside... by ashtonkem on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:36AM (#27469340)
Most traders suck at trading, if a congress person with no financial history starts beating the market, I’d bet a lot that they’re cheating.
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Re:Husband of Amazon employee sentenced to prison for inside... by loopz on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:16AM (#27469553)
If they're shorting or just holding for a short time it's trading. Otherwise long-term positions are investments.
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