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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About $20,000, yet I've been dragged through the mud on this as if there's some insider trading.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
All that power, however, took quite a beating when Stewart was arrested for insider trading in 2002.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
The claim: Mitch McConnell used insider trading to accumulate net worth of $125 million
A Feb. 25 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a man talking about the finances of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
In 2001, accusations of insider trading led to a high-profile investigation, trial and eventual conviction.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
All that power, however, took quite a beating when Stewart was arrested for insider trading in 2002.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
The claim: Mitch McConnell used insider trading to accumulate net worth of $125 million
A Feb. 25 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a man talking about the finances of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
In 2001, accusations of insider trading led to a high-profile investigation, trial and eventual conviction.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Insider trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insider%20trading. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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