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In Case You Missed It: "The Crackdown on Insider Trading Is Backfiring"

"The Crackdown on Insider Trading is Backfiring", originally posted on Forbes.com, examines the various effects of the recent federal...

"The Crackdown on Insider Trading is Backfiring", originally posted on Forbes.com, examines the various effects of the recent federal investigations and prosecutions for insider trading, and notes it may be the small investors that are ultimately losing out. Among other consequences, the recent crackdowns may be stifling perfectly legal research from being shared and discussed with anyone. Without this research, smaller investors are at an event greater disadvantage. "What federal authorities are doing today is creating unintended consequences that hurt, rather than aid, the performance of free markets." Read the full article here. This post was written by James K. Glassman, Founding Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute.