Bloomberg claims “New research shows insider trading is everywhere”

Full article here.

Gems include:

“In 2008 a group of quants from Citigroup Inc. published a paper that found a portfolio mirroring insiders’ trades could yield an astonishing 23.5% a year, more than all but the most profitable hedge funds.”

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““There is a lack of appreciation for the amount of opportunistic abuse that exists under the current system, the amount of egregiousness,” says Daniel Taylor, a professor at the Wharton School and the head of the Wharton Forensic Analytics Lab. “Most Americans today believe the stock market is rigged, and they’re right.””

On one hand, everyone basically already knew this. On the other, it seems like there is zero momentum to do anything about it.

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