← Back to context Comment by cowpig 1 day ago Well, there are laws against insider trading. 8 comments cowpig Reply mcmcmc 1 day ago Prediction markets advertise insider trading as a feature, and enforcement of financial crimes is a racket anyway. If you know the right people, make the right campaign contributions, laws just don't apply to you. cowpig 1 day ago this kind of cynicism is malignant mcmcmc 5 hours ago See I would say the malignant part is the systems and people in power who enable and profit from corruption. 1 reply → chii 17 hours ago but you don't deny there's some element of truth to it tho? kqr 1 day ago Is shorting a company and then murdering its CEO considered insider trading in your jurisdiction? bombcar 20 hours ago That wouldn't be insider trading; in fact unless the CEO's death was known to insiders, it almost by definition couldn't be insider trading.It could be other types of fraud, however. ant6n 1 day ago Wait, is the shooter in “insider” in this case?
mcmcmc 1 day ago Prediction markets advertise insider trading as a feature, and enforcement of financial crimes is a racket anyway. If you know the right people, make the right campaign contributions, laws just don't apply to you. cowpig 1 day ago this kind of cynicism is malignant mcmcmc 5 hours ago See I would say the malignant part is the systems and people in power who enable and profit from corruption. 1 reply → chii 17 hours ago but you don't deny there's some element of truth to it tho?
cowpig 1 day ago this kind of cynicism is malignant mcmcmc 5 hours ago See I would say the malignant part is the systems and people in power who enable and profit from corruption. 1 reply → chii 17 hours ago but you don't deny there's some element of truth to it tho?
mcmcmc 5 hours ago See I would say the malignant part is the systems and people in power who enable and profit from corruption. 1 reply →
kqr 1 day ago Is shorting a company and then murdering its CEO considered insider trading in your jurisdiction? bombcar 20 hours ago That wouldn't be insider trading; in fact unless the CEO's death was known to insiders, it almost by definition couldn't be insider trading.It could be other types of fraud, however.
bombcar 20 hours ago That wouldn't be insider trading; in fact unless the CEO's death was known to insiders, it almost by definition couldn't be insider trading.It could be other types of fraud, however.
Prediction markets advertise insider trading as a feature, and enforcement of financial crimes is a racket anyway. If you know the right people, make the right campaign contributions, laws just don't apply to you.
this kind of cynicism is malignant
See I would say the malignant part is the systems and people in power who enable and profit from corruption.
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but you don't deny there's some element of truth to it tho?
Is shorting a company and then murdering its CEO considered insider trading in your jurisdiction?
That wouldn't be insider trading; in fact unless the CEO's death was known to insiders, it almost by definition couldn't be insider trading.
It could be other types of fraud, however.
Wait, is the shooter in “insider” in this case?