Re:SEC Charges Mark Cuban With Insider Trading
by tomsaffell on Monday November 17, 2008 @12:50PM
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>..That rule is always have a definite knowledge advantage..
>..to not get caught with your better-than-average information..
The difference between information and knowledge is crucial here, though I think the word 'knowledge' is slightly misleading. If we assume that by 'knowledge' he meant 'something that is more than merely a function of information', i.e. belief/ wisdom then his statement holds. I think most traders would like to think that this is the case (whether the are right or not), because it justifies their existence / management fees. If you read it as 'information = knowledge' then it looks very suspicious. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, because if he had meant 'information' then his post would have been unfeasibly implicating.
>..to not get caught with your better-than-average information..
The difference between information and knowledge is crucial here, though I think the word 'knowledge' is slightly misleading. If we assume that by 'knowledge' he meant 'something that is more than merely a function of information', i.e. belief/ wisdom then his statement holds. I think most traders would like to think that this is the case (whether the are right or not), because it justifies their existence / management fees. If you read it as 'information = knowledge' then it looks very suspicious. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, because if he had meant 'information' then his post would have been unfeasibly implicating.