i'm forbidden from trading stocks because my *husband* works two degrees removed from the UK government and that means the risk of me having privileged information is too high. meanwhile, congress
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Christopher Mims
It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
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Personally I think we should have more people who are exempted from trading in the US. But I bet stock market people wouldn't like that.
also, i have to take the annual what's a bribe test...