SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100M Stock Manipulation Scheme

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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