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To: weaponeer
Insider trading laws really only exist because we consider it unfair that somebody else makes a buck in a way that the rest of us are unable to.

Insider trading (assuming there is no manipulation of stock prices) really is a victimless crime.

36 posted on 01/23/2004 1:18:55 PM PST by Modernman ("The details of my life are quite inconsequential...." - Dr. Evil)
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To: Modernman
A victimless crime

So what do you consider the poor schmucks who buy that stock at an inflated price, not having the insider knowledge that it is about to crash and burn?

79 posted on 01/23/2004 1:57:55 PM PST by RebelBanker (Deo Vindice)
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To: Modernman
Insider trading (assuming there is no manipulation of stock prices) really is a victimless crime.

That's nonsense. Someone bought the stock she sold, possibly based on non public information. Yes, if insider trading were proved, the purchaser has recourse.

103 posted on 01/23/2004 2:25:42 PM PST by SJackson
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To: Modernman
Insider trading (assuming there is no manipulation of stock prices) really is a victimless crime.

Tell that to the sucker who sold too low or bought too high because someone had a secret about a publicly held stock. It's like selling a car for it's full book value when you KNOW about a hidden problem that will make the car collapse after a few miles, or selling a house at full market value when you KNOW there is going to be a hog farm on the adjacent lot next month.

It's fraud.

251 posted on 01/23/2004 11:50:50 PM PST by Yeti
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