insider trading

Pelosi’s Husband Sold $500K in Visa Shares Just Before DOJ’s Lawsuit Hit, Tanking the Stock

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Pelosi’s Husband Sold 0K in Visa Shares Just Before DOJ’s Lawsuit Hit, Tanking the Stock

Investors are increasingly tracking congressional trades as popular Congress members continue to retain high stock market returns amid prolonged economic volatility. California representative and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is also known for making highly profitable trades that helped her stock portfolio return over 700% since 2014. While Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, carries out the … Read more

Starbucks’ interim boss sells $341K in stock after surprise CEO shuffle

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Starbucks’ interim boss sells 1K in stock after surprise CEO shuffle

Starbucks’ interim chief executive cashed in more than $341,000 in company stock on news that the java giant tapped Chipotle’s CEO Brian Niccol to replace its embattled boss Laxman Narasimhan, security filings show. Rachel Ruggeri — the Seattle-based coffee chain’s chief financial officer who will be its interim CEO until Niccol officially takes the reins … Read more

Ex-Goldman analyst Anthony Viggiano sentenced to 28 months

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Ex-Goldman analyst Anthony Viggiano sentenced to 28 months

A former Goldman Sachs analyst was sentenced to 28 months behind bars on Wednesday for insider trading, admitting that his conduct was “catastrophically stupid.” Anthony Viggiano, 27, who also worked for Blackstone, pleaded guilty in January to securities fraud after the Baldwin, Long Island, man was accused of tipping off two friends on eight transactions that … Read more

Nancy Pelosi’s Portfolio Returned Over 700% In a Decade: Copy Her Investment Strategy Here

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Pelosi’s Husband Sold 0K in Visa Shares Just Before DOJ’s Lawsuit Hit, Tanking the Stock

According to the alternative data platform Quiver Quantitative, replicating Nancy Pelosi’s stock trades would have yielded returns exceeding 720% since May 2014. Despite these impressive returns, the former House Speaker continues to face criticism for alleged insider trading and the potential introduction of new trade ban rules for Congress members. Many have speculated that the … Read more

Modi govt indulges in ‘federal terrorism which is discriminatory terrorism’alleges TMC’ Sagarika Ghose – The Economic Times Video

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Modi govt indulges in ‘federal terrorism which is discriminatory terrorism’alleges TMC’ Sagarika Ghose – The Economic Times Video

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose says, “We will talk on the SEBI issue which is the biggest insider trading scam in our post-independence history. This is the Stock Market Exit Poll scam. After this, we will talk about the Modi government’s federal terrorism which is discriminatory terrorism, the way the central government is behaving … Read more

China jails former Three Gorges chief Cao Guangjing for life for taking bribes

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China jails former Three Gorges chief Cao Guangjing for life for taking bribes

A former senior official in central China was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for taking over 216 million yuan (US$29.8 million) in bribes and helping others to profit from insider trading. The Xuzhou Intermediate People’s Court in the eastern province of Jiangsu handed down the sentence to Cao Guangjing, 60, former deputy governor … Read more

Convicted insider trader Ivan Boesky, inspiration for Gordon Gekko in ‘Wall Street,’ dead at 87

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Convicted insider trader Ivan Boesky, inspiration for Gordon Gekko in ‘Wall Street,’ dead at 87

Ivan Boesky, the financier who was a central figure of the 1980s insider trading scandals, has died at the age of 87, the New York Times reported Monday. Boesky, who partly inspired the Gordon Gekko character in the 1987 movie “Wall Street,” was at his peak considered a genius at risk arbitrage, the business of … Read more