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insider trading

noun

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  1. The illegal trading of a public company's stock or other securities based on material,…

    The illegal trading of a public company's stock or other securities based on material, nonpublic information about the company.

    • Wall Street wants repeal of the provisions for penalizing executives (and large stockholders) who trade in their company's securities. It claims that publicity on such "insider" trading is enough.
    • The aim of insider trading law is simple: prohibit people from profiting from advance knowledge of a stock-moving event—be it a merger, an earnings warning or a soon-to-be-published news story.

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