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kspacewalk2today at 2:40 PM1 replyview on HN

Restricting them to invest in equities via index funds/ETFs, on the other hand, is not nearly as problematic.


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Aurornistoday at 2:45 PM

To what end? Most congressional actions that could conceivably lead to insider trading benefit aren’t directed at single companies anyway. They’re directed at sectors or policies which impact many companies, which is easily captured by ETFs.

If Congress is acting on singular companies, the congress people are usually smart enough to avoid obviously trading that singular stock.

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