• hddsx@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      If she’s investing at the same time you’re getting the information, she missed the best time to buy. She might have hedged her bets and bought early

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        11 months ago

        Fun fact: Congresspeople can legally inside trade, but the rest of us cannot.

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            11 months ago

            I’d be fine if they were allowed to invest in things like mutual funds so that they could take advantage of the market without being able to do insider trading of a specific stock.

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                11 months ago

                Yep, and maybe that’s somewhat acceptable, but we could also confine it to diversified mutual funds meeting specific criteria.

                Edit: confine, not congratulations