Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
What? If you have no insider information and your ability to retire is tied into the stock market because our retirement system is borked and you sell your stocks right around the time you hear a rumor that maybe Trump is about to do something that will cause everything to tank, why should you be punished?
I mean fuck anyone who’s working for the executive branch or congress but if they didn’t have access to insider information this just reads like an uncharacteristically sane sense of self-preservation.
What? If you have no insider information and your ability to retire is tied into the stock market because our retirement system is borked and you sell your stocks right around the time you hear a rumor that maybe Trump is about to do something that will cause everything to tank, why should you be punished?
I mean fuck anyone who’s working for the executive branch or congress but if they didn’t have access to insider information this just reads like an uncharacteristically sane sense of self-preservation.
Expecting logic from the stock market was your first mistake
because it’s still insider trading if you’re a government official and that ‘rumor’ is coming from the mouth of the secretary of state.
That just reads like “can’t make it look too obvious or the rubes will catch on”