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Re:SEC charges Netflix insider trading ring by carnitine on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:55PM (#28228722)
Your comment is totally irrelevant. Buffet bought equity off the exchanges in structured deals. That isn’t possible for a retail investor.
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Re:SEC charges Netflix insider trading ring by renewiltord on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @08:27PM (#28228949)
And he’s been doing it for ages. Example is the Salomon Bros deal described in Liar’s Poker.

There is some mythology here that is out of tune with the reality of using your power to get favorable deals.

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