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3eb7988a1663yesterday at 8:04 PM1 replyview on HN

Even if you are not "betting" similar trades are happening in the stock market as well. Large movements in oil futures shortly before policy changes are announced.


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janalsncmyesterday at 11:09 PM

Insider trading is at least regulated in the stock market, albeit imperfectly. Imagine how much worse it would be if C-levels could just short their own stock during a board meeting. No one without insider knowledge would touch it.

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