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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
No. of Recommendations: 1
We can be pretty sure it's going on.
Here's Ed Elsen's short monologue about it yesterday on Prof G Markets:
Minute 27 onwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qm9fGCdckkIt's going on, and there's nothing we can do about it, yet.
How does it affect us small investors? Does it? And if not, why worry about it?
No. of Recommendations: 30
How does it affect us small investors? Does it? And if not, why worry about it?
Not sure about that last bit of reasoning.
If somebody got mugged at the local airport every ten minutes, that's worth worrying about even if it's not you.
Even without caring about other humans, it might be "not you yet".
Jim
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Not sure about that last bit of reasoning.
If somebody got mugged at the local airport every ten minutes, that's worth worrying about even if it's not you.
Even without caring about other humans, it might be "not you yet".
Been reading too much stoic philosophy lately, maybe :-)
Can't change it - don't worry about it...
The main issue - sure, some folks are making out like bandits. Does it affect us financially in any way?
No. of Recommendations: 40
Been reading too much stoic philosophy lately, maybe :-)
Can't change it - don't worry about it...
The main issue - sure, some folks are making out like bandits. Does it affect us financially in any way?
IMO, that kind of thinking is why the US is in its current spiral. Too many folks don't think diminished democracy (or outright autocracy)will impact them much, so why should they raise hell and try to force things to get better?
Gaming the financial system for the elite and politically connected will eventually destroy trust in the entire system, and it could collapse.
No. of Recommendations: 1
IMO, that kind of thinking is why the US is in its current spiral. Too many folks don't think diminished democracy (or outright autocracy)will impact them much, so why should they raise hell and try to force things to get better?
Dude! I'm asking the question!
Did you listen to Ed Elsen's piece?
No. of Recommendations: 4
I listened to the last part about insider trading, and I agree with him.
I misread your question I guess and thought you were saying since it's not directly impacting you, why should I care?
No. of Recommendations: 22
yes.. if the rule of law is gradually breaking down (IMHO its pretty rapidly doing so on many fronts) at a certain point no one is safe , and no intelligent decisions or plns can be made...
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yes.. if the rule of law is gradually breaking down (IMHO its pretty rapidly doing so on many fronts) at a certain point no one is safe , and no intelligent decisions or plns can be made...
Nail on the head.
I'm hearing these trades cannot be traced. Why is that?
And obviously I'm not a very good stoic philosopher, because I am worrying about it...
No. of Recommendations: 1
Today's Prof G Markets is about the same issue:
Who Made $60M Right After Trump’s Iran Post? | Prof G Markets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY0LZHyNlHgEd Elson speaks with Anthony Scaramucci about the surge in insider trades tied to Trump’s Truth Social posts on the Iran war. They discuss how widespread the corruption may be and whether it could carry political consequences. Then, Steve Eisman returns to the show to break down the deepening cracks in the private credit market. Finally, Ed examines the pattern of insider trading allegations throughout Trump’s second term, and what, if anything, can be done to rein it in.Listening to the podcast.
No. of Recommendations: 15
You've got to be kidding? Madoff, anyone? 2006-8 GFC?
Entire pension funds wiped out, people's entire savings wiped out because the fund's managers and trustees didn't bother to properly validate what was going on, for years.
Trillions of dollars vanished, hundreds of thousands of personal bankruptcies & foreclosures from job losses tied to un-payable zero doc loans and ARMS whatever etc - while investment bankers / mortgage risk-falsifiers made billions, cried "we can't put it back together, we need $850 billion dollars", then they and our corrupt politicians got paid and not one of them went to jail.
The question isn't "does it affect us financially in any way". The question is why do any of us pretend the system isn't corrupt as hell while we all just hope for our paper balances to go up and stay up enough to extract our relative pittances to live on?
FC
No. of Recommendations: 17
"IMO, that kind of thinking is why the US is in its current spiral. Too many folks don't think diminished democracy (or outright autocracy)will impact them much, so why should they raise hell and try to force things to get better?"
Perfectly said. The average person looks at history and think an event happened and then things changed. Of course it never goes like that. It's always a slow boil and we are the proverbial frogs swimming around!
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"IMO, that kind of thinking is why the US is in its current spiral. Too many folks don't think diminished democracy (or outright autocracy)will impact them much, so why should they raise hell and try to force things to get better?"
Perfectly said. The average person looks at history and think an event happened and then things changed. Of course it never goes like that. It's always a slow boil and we are the proverbial frogs swimming around!
Right. So what are we going to do about it? What CAN we do?
No. of Recommendations: 1
" Right. So what are we going to do about it? What CAN we do?"
Good morning partner, I'm always available to hold your hand. Google SEC, they try to provide all investors with fair and timely disclosure and transparency, even odd lot investors.
Not to get political, BUT, the family currently in office is disclosing its self-dealing and grifting previous presidents didn't always disclose OR pay their taxes. Comprende amigo?
This is why brkb should continue to file, quarterly, regardless of the regs, if they change.
No. of Recommendations: 9
Google SEC, they try to provide all investors with fair and timely disclosure and transparency, even odd lot investors.SEC’s ex-enforcement chief clashed with bosses before leaving, Reuters sources say
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/secs-ex-enforcemen...The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s top enforcement official, who left abruptly last week, had clashed with agency leaders over the direction of its enforcement program, including the handling of cases with ties to President Donald Trump and his family, according to three people familiar with the matter.
SEC Enforcement Division Director Margaret Ryan resigned last Monday after just over six months on the job, Reuters was the first to report. Her resignation email, seen by Reuters, did not say why she was leaving. Ryan declined to comment when reached by phone and text.
Two of the people said Ryan wanted to be more aggressive in pursuing charges for fraud and other misconduct including in cases that touched the president’s circle, but faced resistance from SEC chair Paul Atkins and other top Republican political appointees.Yeah, I'm sure the SEC are all over these insider trading accusations.
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" Yeah, I'm sure the SEC are all over these insider trading accusations."
partner, did I say the SEC was perfect? Is any law informant agency, perfect? You remind many of us of our ex wives, ::)), Madoff got away with it for many years.
Do you think brk ever received, comment letters, from the SEC?
Thank you.
No. of Recommendations: 20
Right. So what are we going to do about it? What CAN we do?
Well, we can vote out the politicians who keep doing nothing to hold this administration in check. The majority in congress has completely abdicated its role, and it is pretty shocking.
We can also peacefully protest. That really seems to get the attention of this administration, as the Minnesota protests showed. There is a No Kings protest scheduled this weekend nationally, so you could join one of those and carry a sign that lets people know your thoughts. I bet many at the protests have no idea about the rash of insider trading, so we could educate them.
