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Re: frankie_fillet post# 16279

Sunday, 05/29/2011 10:36:32 AM

Sunday, May 29, 2011 10:36:32 AM

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when does it become insider trading

We took a look at the phenomenon of Congressional legislators and their surprisingly successful investment portfolios back in February. One reason they might beat the market so handily, with such consistency, could have something to do with the fact that insider trading laws don't apply to members of Congress.

Or their staff members.

No, seriously.

Believe it or not, the Securities and Exchange Act does not apply to members of Congress, according to Craig Holman, legislative representative at government watchdog group Public Citizen.

“Any inside, non-public knowledge they gain can be acted upon,” Holman told me. “Some of the stories are just… breathtaking."

http://www.minyanville.com/dailyfeed/2011/05/25/shocker-legislators-investments-generating-abnormal/

"For when the One Great Scorer comes
To write against your name,
He marks-not that you won or lost-
But how you played the game."
-Grantland Rice

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