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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInsider trading with the unemployment numbers?
...is this even legal for him to view/share the numbers before they're released to the public? I always thought they were secret until the time of release because the markets are susceptible to manipulation by investors looking to profit off of them.
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Insider trading with the unemployment numbers? (Original Post)
bigtree
Jun 2018
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Johonny
(20,879 posts)1. He announces tariffs, then doesn't do them.
You don't think people in the White House aren't trading on these episodes? Of course they are.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)2. its very illegal, and apparently a lot of unusual trading last night......
He broke the law again.
kacekwl
(7,021 posts)3. Of course he did and
so fucking what. Nothing will be done now or ever it seems. Laws and the folks who enforce them are gone .
...not for us.
kacekwl
(7,021 posts)6. Yea , right.
IOKIYAR. Or a rich criminal
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)5. Stephanie Ruhle
sent a tweet to the SEC. He broke the law. Insider trading. Im sure he called friends and family last night to let them know.