It’s a poorly-written article, to say the least.
Either she (or her husband) actually placed an order to sell or buy a stock or she didn’t; the headlines state that “she” sold the stock, but in the article she states that a financial adviser placed the trades.
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acually both could be true.
she could place an order to sell, but the licensed financial advisor (broker) would execute the trade orders
She said she uses a third-party financial adviser to handle stock transactions.
(The bold is mine.)