insider trading
noun
: the illegal use of information available only to insiders in order to make a profit in financial trading
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Ava furnishes this tutorial on cobalt and insider trading at a restaurant where Peter had met her for lunch.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
For example, most recently the office prosecuted Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez for bribery and Republican Rep. Chris Collins for insider trading.
—Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Unlike the crimes of the 2008 meltdown, no stockholder or company loses money because of insider trading.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
He, along with parent company UnitedHealth Group and several other executives, were sued in May for alleged fraud and insider trading by the Hollywood (Florida) Firefighters’ Pension Fund.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
For example, most recently the office prosecuted Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez for bribery and Republican Rep. Chris Collins for insider trading.
—Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Unlike the crimes of the 2008 meltdown, no stockholder or company loses money because of insider trading.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
He, along with parent company UnitedHealth Group and several other executives, were sued in May for alleged fraud and insider trading by the Hollywood (Florida) Firefighters’ Pension Fund.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Insider trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insider%20trading. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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