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From: steve@bambi.UUCP (Steve Miller)
Newsgroups: net.invest
Subject: Re: new issues and such
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 16:50:49 EST
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> >I would think that by the very nature of the net, it should be possible to
> >spot investment opportunities earlier than the general public.
 
> Would announcing the info to the net make it not insider trading?

A professional trader has just told me that when information is made
public, an important consideration is that such information be made
available to all members of the public simultaneously.  The net would
not meet this criterion.