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Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by aqme28 on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @06:59AM (#39440234)
That is not true. An executive that is allowed to insider trade can make a lot more money mismanaging the company in volatile ways.
Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by koolba on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:21AM (#39440378)
Deliberately mismanaging a company would be a violation of the executive’s fiduciary responsibility.
Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by acdha on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:47AM (#39440573)
The problem is that you’re moving from a simple easily-proven fact to something which requires two judgement calls. Any prosecutor can show that you made a trade before certain information became public, but proving that something was mismanagement (as opposed to a mistake or bad luck) or that it was a deliberate attempt to play share price games is so much harder that most executives would evade punishment even if pretty much everyone would find their actions hard to explain otherwise. White collar crimes are already enforced laxly due to the challenge of needing to prove intent in many cases, there’s no benefit to making it even easier to defraud investors.
Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by aqme28 on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:23AM (#39440393)
Well then good thing it was only "accidental."

This also ignores the large number of people with insider information who are not execs at the company. Clients, partnering firms, etc. If it's all about fiduciary duty, then the law firm doing a large M+A deal should mismanage that deal, so they can trade on it for their own profit.

Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by happymellon on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:28AM (#39440432)
And then would be fired. Getting their golden parachute and insider trading bonus.
Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by EchoChamberMan on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:55AM (#39440641)
Only problem is humans constantly fail to take, or purposefully avoid, responsibility.
Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by bigbillheck on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:29AM (#39440442)
Good luck proving it.