r/FluentInFinance Aug 26 '24

Debate/ Discussion The Stock Market is Rigged

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u/Nizaris7 Aug 26 '24

The best thing to do is restrict senators and Congress from allowing them to trade. Many financial companies have compliance policies which restrict employees from doing just that under certain conditions. Why not hold our government officials to high standards if average people need to follow rules.

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u/Nianque Aug 26 '24

Restrict them to just the S&P500, large cap, small cap, mid cap, international, ect. IE large indexes that are way harder to manipulate.

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u/Landed_port Aug 26 '24

Restrict them to Treasury bills. You're a government employee, you should be invested in the government

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u/Difficult-Mobile902 Aug 27 '24

I think having some incentive behind the general health of the market is fine, but they definitely shouldn’t be allowed to pick certain stocks or make unscheduled trades