The SEC is investigating whether executives at First Republic Bank, which was seized by regulators and sold to JPMorgan Chase, improperly traded on inside information.
Bed Bath & Beyond has spent billions in recent years on share buybacks.
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Buying and selling stocks – with real or play money – is a way to harness the wisdom of the crowd about questions like who is going to win a competition.
After a mistake, people may try to correct the error with an intentional wrong judgment, this time in favor of the previously wronged party.
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Erroneous calls increase the chances of subsequent calls in favor of the person who was harmed. What drives this behavior, and do people even recognize they’re doing it?
Trading on tragedy.
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The share price of gun-makers Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger both jumped after the Uvalde massacre. In the past, gun-makers were punished after a shooting, but things have changed.
Gordon Gekko of ‘Wall Street’ may be the fictional face of insider trading.
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A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is pushing for a ban on active trading by members of Congress following accusations that some of their colleagues may have engaged in insider trading.
Investors often seem to view their performance through pink-tinted glasses.
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Robinhood’s trading app uses features commonly found in video games and casinos to make investing more fun, which also obscures the real risks involved.
Equity-based awards can form a large part of an employee’s overall pay. A new report shines a light on how women are being left behind when it comes to stocks and options.
The Justice Department is investigating stock trades made by Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) after a briefing on the coronavirus.
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Did members of Congress illegally sell stocks after getting inside information about the pandemic from federal officials? A former lawyer for the House says proving such cases is very difficult.
The normally busy floor of the New York Stock Exchange was empty on Oct. 29, 2012, during Hurricane Sandy.
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Plunging stocks have triggered rarely used ‘circuit breakers’ that temporarily halt trading. A finance scholar explains what they are and the costs of shutting down markets.
Faster and more powerful computers mean that stock trading can happen at rapid speeds.
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Regulators, in their attempts to level the playing field for all investors, should not exclusively view high-frequency traders as market destabilizers.
Taking a whiff of the marijuana flower.
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A growing number of investors, policymakers and others say the US economy may be at risk of spiraling downward. A finance professor explains how to ride it out.
John C. Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group, died in January.
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