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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And over the course of two years, Cawthorn kept the district in the headlines through various scandals from bringing weapons to airports and schools to allegations of insider trading to accusing his colleagues of snorting cocaine and having orgies.
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Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2025
The feds investigated his hedge fund, S.A.C. Capital, for securities fraud; Cohen was never charged with wrongdoing, but the firm had to pay a penalty of $1.8 billion, and some of the top traders went to prison for insider trading.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Bizarrely public insider trading, or just coincidence?
—Air Mail, 19 Apr. 2025
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett laughed when asked about Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) allegation that President Donald Trump engaged in insider trading after his reversal on tariffs.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2025
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Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2025
The feds investigated his hedge fund, S.A.C. Capital, for securities fraud; Cohen was never charged with wrongdoing, but the firm had to pay a penalty of $1.8 billion, and some of the top traders went to prison for insider trading.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Bizarrely public insider trading, or just coincidence?
—Air Mail, 19 Apr. 2025
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett laughed when asked about Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) allegation that President Donald Trump engaged in insider trading after his reversal on tariffs.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Insider trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insider%20trading. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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