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Re:SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100M Stock... by kobalsky on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @12:33PM (#33986798)
I'm guessing that kramer and everyone around him is under the radar for taking opposite trades to what he's pitching, otherwise it would be a farce.

Pump and dumpers get nailed to the wall because they sell while they are telling everyone to buy. They are not providing bad financial advise, they are defrauding people.

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Re:SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100M Stock... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @12:47PM (#33986971)
> kramer and everyone around him is under the radar for taking opposite trades to what he's pitching

Unless disclosed, this is illegal. (EDIT: Never mind, idioms.)

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Re:SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100M Stock... by sebmellen on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @12:50PM (#33987024)
I believe kobalsky intended "under the radar" to mean "under surveillance", so as to ensure such TV personalities are not placing trades that contradict what they're pitching.
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Re:SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100M Stock... by wccrawford on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:05PM (#33987237)
Yeah, I agree. "Under the radar" usually means "hidden from view" and "under a microscope" means "under heavy scrutiny". I think the poster above just got the wrong idiom.
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Re:SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100M Stock... by Kye on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:42PM (#33987942)
Short for flying under the radar (outside its lower range). It's what warplanes do for real to avoid detection.
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Re:SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100M Stock... by mc32 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:04PM (#33987222)
I am under the impression at least some media employers bar their finance presenters from investing in stocks due to appearance of impropriety and in extremes conflict of interest.
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Re:SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100M Stock... by cyral on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:10PM (#33987320)
They also published false information about the stocks in order to justify why their followers should buy it.
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