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Re:Is it insider trading if I bought Boeing puts while insid... by jeffbee on Saturday January 27, 2024 @05:01PM (#39160322)
This exact scenario happened to me. I was flying United business class SFO to EWR and the guy next to me was writing a Powerpoint slide in 9000-point bold type "BUY XYZ CORP FOR 880 MILLION" and when I got to work a few hours later our counsel advised me that it was not at all improper to trade on that information, which we did.
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Re:Is it insider trading if I bought Boeing puts while insid... by evan_ on Saturday January 27, 2024 @05:17PM (#39160432)
Well, I’ve figured out how I’m spending my spring break- buy a ton of cheap stock in some random startup, dress head-to-toe in Microsoft swag, and then spend a few days hanging out in various SFO lounges working on fake PowerPoints declaring intent to buy the startup
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Re:Is it insider trading if I bought Boeing puts while insid... by jeffbee on Saturday January 27, 2024 @05:19PM (#39160452)
Sounds fun. You'll also need to hack your photograph into the "about us" page of a major corporation, though.
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Re:Is it insider trading if I bought Boeing puts while insid... by flipbrad on Saturday January 27, 2024 @05:07PM (#39160355)
The absolute first thing I ever do when publicly working on a doc like that (if I absolutely must) is Ctrl+r any trademarks, swapping them for [#x].
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Re:Is it insider trading if I bought Boeing puts while insid... by jeffbee on Saturday January 27, 2024 @05:14PM (#39160413)
Seems good. But I also feel like if you're the kind of person who can command the disposition of a billion dollars, just stop writing slides. Stand up in front of the board and say what you came to say and then sit back down.
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Re:Is it insider trading if I bought Boeing puts while insid... by modeless on Saturday January 27, 2024 @05:50PM (#39160684)
... but did you make money on it?
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Re:Is it insider trading if I bought Boeing puts while insid... by Shocka1 on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @01:36PM (#39207533)
", which we did."

This warmed my heart greatly.

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