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In reply to the discussion: Paul Ryan traded on insider information to avoid 2008 crash! [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)45. Notice he made the trades even before the meeting with Paulsen
So he was trading on extra-deep insider information, and wanted to make damn sure he got his trades done before the pack moved.
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Seems like a double standard where rules applied to Martha but not Ryan. So can I at least
Justice wanted
Aug 2012
#15
A wholly dishonest, devious, and despicable person imv with more than a dash of
indepat
Aug 2012
#44
Are you absolutely 100% certain that insider trading statutes do not apply here? If so,
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#19
Make it law to forbid insider trading by elected representatives and name it for Ryan.
SleeplessinSoCal
Aug 2012
#56
What do you think. In your opinion, do they rise to 'doing something wrong' forgetting legal distinc
stevenleser
Aug 2012
#8
Also based on the transactions, he was regularly trading many of those stocks throughout the year.
cbdo2007
Aug 2012
#14
Note, too, that September 18 was awfully late to be selling bank stocks.
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2012
#23
If it makes anyone feel any better, it looks like he lost money every time he traded GS stock
cbdo2007
Aug 2012
#13
How much time passed between that meeting and the public getting knowledge of these Banks' health?
Ian_rd
Aug 2012
#38
Business Insider article on this, already getting a lot of tweets and Facebook recs:
highplainsdem
Aug 2012
#41
He made the trades before the 7 pm meeting, but that doesn't let him off the hook.
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#54
I did this above. Look for my posts. He lost money on most of his stock trades related to this.
cbdo2007
Aug 2012
#61
if this story is verifiable in a rock solid way - this can be very, very big
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2012
#59