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Insider Trading, 2002.
This paper presents an examination of the meaning of insider trading and the elements of which this practice is composed.
1,390 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 67.95
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The paper begins with a brief definition of insider trading and then goes on to explore the meaning of this practice in more detail. It uses examples of insider trading that have become media events, to create a clear picture of the practice. The paper looks at the 1980?s explosion of insider trading and at the development of legislation against insider trading. The case of Vincent Chiarella is examined as one of the first public cases of insider trading. The recent case of Martha Stewart and the Imclone company is discussed to illustrate the concept of insider trading. The re-evaluation of the rules of the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) is explored and the changes in it?s make-up are mentioned. The paper concludes by studying the damaging effects of insider trading.
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"She has spent years telling America how to throw the best holiday parties and how to cook meals that even the pickiest of eaters will love. Her books, tips and advice are world-renowned when it comes to homemaking. Her name, Martha Stewart has become synonymous with elegance. In more recent months her name has also become partners with the term ?insider trading?. Martha Stewart is the latest celebrity or well known figure to move to the forefront of publicity regarding insider trading. Because she is one who is usually regarded as the housewife?s mentor the accusations that surround her have shocked the nation."
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Ethics of Insider Trading, 2001.
This essay examines the ethical debate over the practice of insider trading in the U.S. market.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 53.95
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This is a research paper on insider trading from a ?Utilitarian? ethical point of view. The author discusses types of insider trading, the Utilitarian theory of Ethics and the arguments for and against insider trading.
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"Insider Trading generally refers to the buying or selling of financial instruments (usually in the stock market) on the basis of privileged information that is known to a restricted group of people. Debate has raged among economists, traders, businesspersons, philosophers and even the general public for many years about the rights and wrongs of insider trading practice. No consensus seems to have emerged yet. In this paper we would be looking at the practice of insider trading from the utilitarian ethical point of view and try to determine whether the practice is morally justified."
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Securities Fraud and Insider Trading, 2005.
A look at the criminal aspects of securities fraud and insider trading as opposed to the civil aspects.
3,583 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 15 sources, APA, AU$ 146.95
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This paper briefly examines the history of insider trading from a criminal standpoint, but focuses mainly on contemporary issues in terms of existing legal codes, as well as codes put forth by the SEC, and the way these rules and regulations have changed in the past few years. The contemporary nature of the report is also heightened by the current mass-media fixation on the issue of insider trading, which is also explored through examples, including that of Eri I. Tsao, Martha Stewart, and other case histories that center around criminal justice?s handling of insider trading cases. Changes in the system are discussed mainly as they are related to the SEC and criminal law.
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"In the case of Tsao, a leading research scientist at Medlmmune, the criminal activity which took place involved using insider information to buy and sell stock for a profit. ?The SEC said Eric I. Tsao, a vice president at the Gaithersburg company, bought stock in three biotechnology companies soon after learning Medlmmune was close to completing business deals with each of them? (Barbaro, E1). Using this information, which had not been released to the public, to his own advantage, caused Tsao to be indicted on charges of insider trading. The biotechnology companies were supposed to have business deals with Medlmmune, which caused their stocks to go up after the deals were completed, earning Tsao a considerable profit of over one-hundred thousand dollars. Tsao?s case deals with the somewhat blurry line between criminal and civil suits, and thus should not be dwelt upon too extensively. His case represents criminal behavior, most definitely, but the suit filed against him by the SEC was not based on criminal charges, but rather, civil ones."
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Insider Trading Risk Assessment, 2006.
A discussion regarding the legalities of insider trading.
2,248 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 101.95
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This paper discusses how insider trading is usually inclusive of both legal and illegal conduct and also defines what forms of insider trading are legal and which are illegal, as well as the risks involved with both. This paper also discusses the importance of communication in assessing the risk of insider trading.
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Introduction
Analysis
Identify the Risks to Individuals and/or Organizations
Analyze the Risks
Discuss Impact, Probability and Time Frame
Classify Risks and Prioritize Them
Discuss Financial Reporting, Operational and Compliance Risks
Discuss the Importance of Information Sharing to Develop Risk Assessment Models.
Discuss the Legal Boundaries, Including Privacy Issues.
Discuss Risk Mitigation Strategies.
Conclusion
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"In general, the legal view is that insider trading prevails while a person has "material, nonpublic information" regarding a security or its issuer and buys or sells that security. The SEC has specified that an individual with such inside information has to move away from trading in the securities of the company or correctly reveal what he or she knows even before buying or selling them. Those who violate these rules are subject to civil penalties of about three times the illegal profits which are being gained or losses prevented by the insider trading in addition to criminal penalties. Criminal penalties for individuals may mean a fine of as about $5 million, prison as long as 20 years or even both. Courts have also allowed injured private parties to sue for the purpose of damages. (Ivancevich; Jones; Keaveney, 2002) Thus the penalties or risks are now pretty severe."
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Case Study: Insider Trading, 2005.
This paper is a case study of Mebel, Doran and Company, a case of insider trading.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper defines insider trading and other financial terms. The author points out that the case relates to the question of how to deal with a question of insider trading at an investment banking firm. The paper relates methods of separating the research and the sales functions.
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"A working definition of insider trading is that it is an illegal activity that involves trading by management major shareholders or employees of a firm using information that is not yet publicly available. A working definition of the term investment banking firm is that it is a company that facilitates capital restructuring including initial public offerings as well as mergers acquisitions and leveraged buyouts. A working definition of the expression 'Chinese Wall' is an imaginary wall that separates the research department from other departments at ..."
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Insider Trading, 2002.
This paper examines the case for and against laws prohibiting insider dealing.
2,210 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 99.95
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This paper defines insider dealing and the types of activities that are involved in this particular type of trading. The author examines arguments in favor of regulations restricting and prohibiting insider dealing, as well as reasons for why legislation should be abolished and trading permitted.
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"In determining the appropriate legislative responses to deal with insider trading, it is necessary to understand what is constitutes and its effect, both negative and positive, on the securities market. Insider trading occurs when a person who possesses non-public information trades in the security market or communicates such information to others who trade. The person using this information violates insider trading laws if they owe a responsibility of confidentiality and trust not to use the information. People who are tipped off by an insider can also be prosecuted for insider trading. The key idea about insider trading is that it provides the market with information. Those who trade with inside knowledge sell at higher prices and buy at lower prices, resulting in corporate insiders earning abnormal profits."
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"Inside the Sex Trade", 2002.
An examination of the politics of representation of crime and criminalization in the McClelland's article "Inside the Sex Trade".
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 90.95
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This paper is an analysis of the McClelland's article. McClelland's (2001) article presents a microcosm of underground capitalism in which women are highly visible, while being at the very bottom of the economic hierarchy. The same processes as are observed in legitimate capitalism are at work, even though they are inverted.
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Hedge Funds, 2008.
This paper discusses hedge funds and the regulation of insider trading.
1,769 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 83.95
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The paper explains the concept of hedge funds and describes their legal structure, fee structure and classification. The paper discusses how, before the regulation of hedge funds, managers could bypass laws related to insider trading and use practices that would not be tolerable in other investment arenas. The paper looks at the "Goldstein vs. Securities and Exchange Commission" (SEC) case and its outcome that has improved the regulatory framework of the SEC.
Outline:
Introduction: What Is a Hedge Fund?
Legal and Fee Structure of Hedge Funds - Platform for Insider Trading
Regulating Hedge Funds
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"The original concept of a hedge fund is that it offer plays against the market, using short-selling, futures and other derivative products. Hedge funds provide one of the most diversified market activities within investment strategies since it can use a myriad of financial instruments and positions to reduce risk and maximize gains . Hedge funds minimize risk and the volatility of that risk via strategic diversification by selling long or short, buying and selling securities, engaging in opportunities on the futures or bond market. The development of a hedge fund was based on getting an absolute return in all directions. In practice this means that hedge fund managers seek seed freedom to achieve high absolute returns and wish to be rewarded for their performance."
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The Trial of Martha Stewart, 2005.
A discussion regarding Martha Stewart's sale of ImClone Stock and the issue of insider trading.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 51.95
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This paper discusses the trial and charges against Martha Stewart. It further looks at the charge of insider trading and whether or not Stewart was guilty of the crime. Additionally, the paper discusses whether or not the prosecutors had motivations outside of the legal realm to prosecute Stewart, and whether or not they used good judgment in their decisions.
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"The case surrounding Martha Stewart began with her sale of ImClone Stock in the amount of $228,000 on December 27, 2001. The sale of the stock itself was not the issue, however, it was the fact that this sale took place only one day prior to the stock taking a drastic plunge in the market after the company announced that the Food and Drug Administration, (FDA) had no intention of approving their drug for cancer treatments (Hill C10). Sam Waksal, a personal friend of Stewarts, (and ImClone founder) had already pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in 2000 for having urged his family to sell $10 million worth of ImClone stock because of his knowledge of the announcement."
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"The Insider", 2004.
A review of the movie, "The Insider", directed by Michael Mann.
1,925 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 89.95
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This paper provides a full summary and analysis of Mann's movie, "The Insider". The paper focuses on the concept of human values and morals and how these are challenged when faced with controversial situations.
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"The Insider is a compelling and provocative drama, which is a very thrilling tale of what happens when a person is bound by the moral and rational appeals and responsibilities or what we would otherwise be calling deontology. It is very close to the human values and seems very practical in approach. The way the plot builds up truly reflects upon the work of the director and the various actors. It is a true masterpiece and probably one of the best works ever produced by Michael Mann who has other smash hits like ?Heat? to his acclaimed credit. Too bad that he was not able to win many Oscars for his masterpiece although he did win a few nominations. But he sure did win the hearts of many viewers worldwide. What makes it all the more interesting that it seems so real that the viewers is kept wondering at times whether it is really a movie or some inspired story where names and figures have been changed. So much so that one is made to think about the complexities in life and a common man can relate to it. It is all about the drives for power, lust and greed and how one has to think about protecting oneself and the family."
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"Wall Street", 2002.
Analysis of Oliver Stone's 1987 movie about a young wall street trader and the trouble he gets into when getting involved in inside trading.
735 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 38.95
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This paper begins by providing a brief summary of the storyline of the movie "Wall Street". It then introduces the topic of discussion, which is the controversial issue of insider trading, defined as the purchase or sale of securities on the basis of information that has not been made available to the public. It shows how the movie deals with the issue at hand and how it presents the principles behind the problem.
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"In Oliver Stone's film Wall Street (1987), Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) is a young Wall Street trader who wants to get ahead and who admires the successful Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a man who wheels and deals on a grand scale and who buys and sells companies, claiming to improve their financial position but often simply destroying them for short-term profits. The destruction of companies in itself may be legal if of questionable ethics, but in truth, Gekko succeeds by intimidation and the use of insider information. Bud Fox has such information from his father, an aircraft mechanic and union leader, and he gives the information to Gekko to become part of the latter's organization. He continues using inside information to advance Gekko's fortunes and his own until he gets caught and his conscience begins to catch up to him."
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Insider Trading, 1996.
Causes & effects of illegal use of stock information in 1970-1980s. Background, technology, junk bonds, aftermath.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 80.95
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"On Wall Street, or in any active financial market, the most valuable commodity is information. The value of a company, as expressed by the price of its stock, is at any given moment a fixed quantity. For the holder or trader of a stock, the relevant question, the source of profit, is what the price of the stock will be tommorrow, or next year, or five minutes from now. Correctly predicting the answer to this question is a matter of information. Thus, stock traders are continually interested in obtaining information, or in determining whether the information they have is correct.
Over the long term, the sort of information that matters most is available to anyone willing to do the necessary research, and equipped to make good judgments on that information. Is, for example, a given computer software firm going to be more valuable..."
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Insider Trading, 1996.
Pros & cons of federal regulation. History, court decisions, benefits of deregulation, economic effects, compensation schemes, market efficiency, fairness, ethics.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 38 sources, AU$ 197.95
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"This paper will discuss the arguments for and against the federal regulation of insider trading. The first part of the paper will briefly examine the history of insider trading and its treatment by courts in the United States. The second part of the paper will examine the arguments in favor of the deregulation of insider trading, focusing upon the beneficial economic effects of insider trading. The third part of the paper will discuss the arguments in favor of retaining restrictive regulation on insider trading. The final part of the paper will rebut the pro-regulation arguments.
This paper general supports the argument that insider trading should be deregulated. As will be seen, there are several benefits to be gained by the allowance of insider trading. First, insider..."
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Insider Trader Laws, 1993.
Provides a definition and discusses the provisions of regulations, , prosecution & penalties, compliance, market efficiency and the role of Congress.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 162.95
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"Since Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky and Drexel Burnham Lambert garnered headlines during the 1980s for insider trading, the issue has moved to the forefront of business law. At the most basic level, insider trading violates Americans' sense of fair play: those "in the know" are able to trade to advantage whereas those "out of the loop" are left to their own devices. The laws regulating insider trading, however, have not arisen out of a sense of fair play, but rather out of a desire to maintain market efficiency. This research examines insider trader regulation in light of achieving this goal of market efficiency.
A free market requires equal and easy access to information. A free market holds that participants in a given market will seek to maximize their own benefit in that market. So long as all participants have access to the same information at the same time.."
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"Den Of Thieves" by James B Stewart, 1994.
A review of the work on the insider trading scandal involving Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky and is effect on securities industry.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, AU$ 69.95
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"When Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel and Dennis Levine were arrested and prosecuted, the media and the public perceived the issue to be the esoteric insider trading. The various defendants were charged with crimes that most Americans did not understand, shrouded as they were in the area of high finance, hostile takeovers, junk bonds and mergers and acquisitions. The public did understand the level of some of the fines imposed on the defendants, fines which reached into the hundreds of millions of dollars, but the actual charges were never fully explained or comprehended by the public at large. James B. Stewart, an editor for the Wall Street Journal, examines the insider trading scandal and exposes a series of events that hinged not merely on insider trading, but which paint a picture of greed and predatory tactics unmatched in the history of the,,,"
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The Atlantic Slave Trade, 2002.
Presents the issue of the four hundred year trans-Atlantic slave trade from an Afrocentric perspective.
2,356 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 105.95
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The Portuguese arrival on the Gold Coast of Africa in 1439 brought the beginnings of the Atlantic Slave Trade, subjecting the continent to four centuries of depredation. The paper argues that the intensity of the suffering endured by the African people should be described nothing short of a Holocaust. By examining tragic facts in the form of tables, this paper analyzes the Atlantic Slave Trade from an Afrocentric point of view rather than from either a Eurocentric or even Africanist perspective. In other words, this paper makes little or no apology for presenting material from an African perspective or for identifying emotionally with African history. Instead the paper "presents an insider's perspective which more overtly embraces an African identity."
Paper Outline:
From Harmony to Holocaust
Africanist vs. Afrocentric Point of View
The Effect of the Atlantic Slave Trade on African Culture (in General)
The Effect of the Atlantic Slave Trade on Specific African Cultures
African Complicity?
The Problem Remains the Same
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"The observations made by Tunde Obadina above are echoed in "The Maafa: A Holocaust of Greed." In this reading, the situation on the African continent resulting from the slave trade is described as one of pure chaos. Kingdoms would rise and fall depending on how well they filled the individual ?slave-quotas? dictated by the Europeans. Cultural continuity was almost a contradiction in terms as established groups would pass from the scene in quick succession, one after the other. So to ask if the African cultures were affected by the slave trade is go about understanding this situation in completely the wrong way. The effect was a given. Better to ask exactly how much damage was done to African culture as a result of the trade in Africans. This much is clear, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was "an event which destroyed peoples and whole cultures, an event which would destabilize a continent, changing it forever.""
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