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Insider Trading Amidst Defense Mergers and Acquisitions
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Insider trading refers to the buying or selling of a publicly-traded company's stock by someone who has non-public, material information about that company. This kind of trading can be legal or illegal depending on when the insider makes the trade. It is important to understand the nuances and implications of insider trading, both from a legal and an ethical standpoint.
If you have a security clearance, you could have implications if you get asked questions about your investments that you haven’t reported. We don’t see many people talking about this in the security clearance space, but Lindy Kyzer and Sean Bigley discuss the movement within the defense and aerospace sectors amidst mergers and acquisitions.
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