The recent U.S. government probe of insider trading at hedge fund firms is threatening to change the very meaning of insider trading. While previously only market-moving information was under the insider trading microscope, now, for the first time, the government is questioning the legality of any type of information.
In doing so, authorities are coming dangerously close to criminalizing market research itself.
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