Insider Trading Quotes

• Insider trading tells everybody at precisely the wrong time that everything is rigged, and only people who have a billion dollars and have access to and are best friends with people who are on boards of directors of major companies - they're the only ones who can make a true buck.

  Preet Bharara

  People, Directors, Dollars

  "How Prosecutor Preet Bharara Is Bringing Mob Squad Justice to Wall Street" by Massimo Calabresi, swampland.time.com. February 01, 2012.

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• If companies tell us more, insider trading will be worth less.

  James Surowiecki

  Company, Insiders, Ifs

  "Inside Tracks". www.newyorker.com. June 10 & 17, 2013.

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• Securities fraud generally and insider trading in particular should be eminently deterrable crimes.

  Preet Bharara

  Crime, Should, Fraud

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• Unfortunately, from what I can see from my vantage point as the U.S. Attorney here, illegal insider trading is rampant and may even be on the rise.

  Preet Bharara

  May, Vantage Point, Illegal

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• Significant officials at publicly traded companies are casually and cavalierly engaged in insider trading. Because insider trading has as one of its elements communication, it doesn't take rocket science to realize it's nice to have the communication on tape.

  Preet Bharara

  Nice, Communication, Tape

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• I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant.

  Preet Bharara

  New York, Years, Southern

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• Gossip is certainly one of the things that language is useful for, because it's always handy to know who needs a favor, who can offer a favor, who's available, who's under the protection of a jealous spouse. And being the first to get a piece of gossip is like engaging in insider trading: You can capitalize on an opportunity before anyone else can.

  Steven Pinker

  Jealous, Opportunity, Gossip

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• Why are people who are appalled at insider trading so quick to trade on inside information when it comes their way?

  Jonathan Clements

  People, Information, Way

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• President Obama signed a bill preventing members of Congress from profiting from insider trading. Didn't you think that was already illegal?

  Jay Leno

  Thinking, President, Bills

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• The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.

  Preet Bharara

  Powerful, Drug Cartels, White

  "Preet Bharara: The enforcer of Wall Street" by William D. Cohan, fortune.com. August 2, 2011.

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• Former Enron founder Ken Lay and CEO Jeffrey Skilling found guilty in the Enron case. Ken Lay is so guilty I'm surprised people aren't calling him Congressman Ken Lay. Wait 'till these guys find out in prison that insider trading has a whole new meaning.

  Jay Leno

  People, Guy, Waiting

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• Federal authorities have informed Martha Stewart's lawyers she will be indicted for her role in the ImClone insider trading scandal. Good news for Martha - stripes are back in this year.

  Craig Kilborn

  Years, Stripes, Roles

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