There have been reports of suspicious betting going on based on insider info. But not with this specificity.

[berg80]

Insider trading concerns around oil and military moves are on the rise. Can anyone police the bets?​

A flurry of bets made prior to major announcements about the Iran war has ramped up speculation that individuals or groups with advance knowledge of U.S. military plans are cashing in on insider information.

Insider trading concerns around the Iran war are on the rise. Can anyone police the bets?

So far, no American has faced federal charges related to insider trading on event-driven news. But accusations about questionable trades are mounting.

www.nbcnews.com

I haven't seen any individuals named until now.

Pete Hegseth’s broker attempted to make defense investments before Iran war: Financial Times​

A broker for U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to make a large investment in major defense companies in the lead up to the Iran war, according to the Financial Times. The Pentagon has dismissed the report.

The Financial Times reported Tuesday that Hegseth’s broker at banking giant Morgan Stanley contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment in its iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF.

The ETF, which has about $3.1 billion in assets, counts companies such as RTX — formerly known as Raytheon — Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman among its largest holdings, BlackRock data showed.

The Defense Industrials Active ETF has lost 12.4% over the past month, around the time the war in Iran started, according to LSEG data.

The FT also said that the investment discussed by Hegseth’s broker ultimately did not go ahead because the fund was not yet available for Morgan Stanley clients to buy at the time. It is unclear whether the broker found another defense-related investment.

Pete Hegseth's broker attempted to make defense investments before Iran war: Financial Times

Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell dismissed the report in a post on X, calling it "entirely false and fabricated."

www.cnbc.com

I'm racking my brain trying to figure out how Hegseth's broker would have knowledge about the US taking action against Iran ahead of time. Unless he mistakenly got included in another Signal chat conservation during which Pete discussed war plans.

They say "loose lips sink ships." Nowadays they can make someone a fortune.

 

[ColonelAngus]

So you guys must REALLY be concerned with Pelosi’s stock trading history, huh?

How have you shown it?

 

[MostBoringManInTheWorld]

So you guys must REALLY be concerned with Pelosi’s stock trading history, huh?

How have you shown it?

Not saying either are legal or legit, but there is a big difference between profiteering off of insider business trading and profiteering off of death and destruction, especially when you're the one going to instigate that death and destruction, especially the loss of American lives.

 

[luiza]

America is built on global corruption.
So Why the Fake surprise ?

Just Fake Burger munching another Fake Pie ,

Faking Surprise .

 

[Darkwind]

Not saying either are legal or legit, but there is a big difference between profiteering off of insider business trading and profiteering off of death and destruction, especially when you're the one going to instigate that death and destruction, especially the loss of American lives.

Now do us a favor and do some research on how many service members were killed under all of Obama's adventurism. LIst it by military action and then compare it to what is going on today.

 

[pknopp]

So you guys must REALLY be concerned with Pelosi’s stock trading history, huh?

How have you shown it?

I've condemned them all. You?

 

[pknopp]

Now do us a favor and do some research on how many service members were killed under all of Obama's adventurism. LIst it by military action and then compare it to what is going on today.

I've condemned it all. You?

 

[ColonelAngus]

Let us stop all insider trading.

All you lefty asspipes have to do is lie and pretend you care about Pelosi insider trading.

You lie all the phucking time. Lie about that.

Just say “IT IS BAD FOR PELOSI TO DO INSIDER TRADING”.

You cannot, that is how mentally ill you wackos are.

 

[Darkwind]

I've condemned it all. You?

I supported some of Obama's adventurism, condemned others.

I don't blanket condemn or approve based on political party.

Blanket condemnations are a sign if low intelligence or spectrum emoting.

 

[MostBoringManInTheWorld]

Now do us a favor and do some research on how many service members were killed under all of Obama's adventurism. LIst it by military action and then compare it to what is going on today.

Was there insider trading involved in that? Did anyone profit by placing bets knowing that any service members that were killed would be killed?

 

[pknopp]

I supported some of Obama's adventurism, condemned others.

I don't blanket condemn or approve based on political party.

Blanket condemnations are a sign if low intelligence or spectrum emoting.

None of it was justifiable.

 

[Darkwind]

Was there insider trading involved in that? Did anyone profit by placing bets knowing that any service members that were killed would be killed?

Every member of Congress. If you think it is just Democrats or Republicans who have cashed in on government-manipulated events, then you're just a hack.

So, did you do the research or no?

 

[Darkwind]

None of it was justifiable.

Incorrect.

 

[berg80]

Not saying either are legal or legit, but there is a big difference between profiteering off of insider business trading and profiteering off of death and destruction, especially when you're the one going to instigate that death and destruction, especially the loss of American lives.

I suppose the question here is whether the investments were attempted to be made on the broker's behalf......................................or Pistol Pete's? Maybe both.

 

[ColonelAngus]

I supported some of Obama's adventurism, condemned others.

I don't blanket condemn or approve based on political party.

Blanket condemnations are a sign if low intelligence or spectrum emoting.

Love it.

I am not happy about this Iran war. Now people are saying we need to actually take possession of all the uranium.

I can say I disagree not only with the bombing, but with the escalation.

Lefties are not allowed to have their own thoughts. Never a word about all the Obama wars. They are fake AF.

THE $1.8 billion in assorted currency that Obama flew to Iran on pallets sure could have purchased lots of VOTER IDS FOR BLACK PEOPLE.

The world would be a better place if Iran did not develop a nuke like NO KO. At least NOKO has not blown up another nation based on religious iseology.

 

[Darkwind]

Love it.

I am not happy about this Iran war. Now people are saying we need to actually take possession of all the uranium.

I can say I disagree not only with the bombing, but with the escalation.

Lefties are not allowed to have their own thoughts. Never a word about all the Obama wars. They are fake AF.

THE $1.8 billion in assorted currency that Obama flew to Iran on pallets sure could have purchased lots of VOTER IDS FOR BLACK PEOPLE.

The world would be a better place if Iran did not develop a nuke like NO KO. At least NOKO has not blown up another nation based on religious iseology.

I disagree in that I don't think we should wait until a suitcase nuke goes off in a major city, which could be considered an aid to the GOP because major cities are all infested with democrat craziness. We should, in fact, ensure that they never get that button to put their thumb on. The NORKS aren't really a good example because they are held in deep check by the Chinese, and when China decides to try, it will hold the NORKS as cannon fodder to test our resolve.

I support this destruction of the Iranian regime. But not as a regime change operation. That is up to the Iranian people to do. Though it is looking more and more like the mullahs have successfully broken the will of the Iranian people. A shame, really. They are actually pretty wonderful people. I personally know a number of them.

But the goals cannot be moved at this point.

End their ability to make a nuke.
End their ability to project power anywhere for any reason.
End their proxy armies.

We're close on all of that. People are whining about the Straits because prices have gone up in the US regarding gas.


But why is it that no one is taking the gasoline retailers to task for those prices?

Trump attacked Iran, a country we get NO OIL from, and the very next day, the prices went up on gasoline that had been purchased and was in storage tanks months before the attacks.

It's the same gas, produced under previous costs.

Why did it go up? That isn't a Trump thing, nor is it an Iran thing.

Either way, Trump has ONLY 60 days to get it done, or he'll need Congressional approval to continue.

 

[pknopp]

I disagree in that I don't think we should wait until a suitcase nuke goes off in a major city, which could be considered an aid to the GOP because major cities are all infested with democrat craziness. We should, in fact, ensure that they never get that button to put their thumb on. The NORKS aren't really a good example because they are held in deep check by the Chinese, and when China decides to try, it will hold the NORKS as cannon fodder to test our resolve.

I support this destruction of the Iranian regime. But not as a regime change operation. That is up to the Iranian people to do. Though it is looking more and more like the mullahs have successfully broken the will of the Iranian people. A shame, really. They are actually pretty wonderful people. I personally know a number of them.

But the goals cannot be moved at this point.

End their ability to make a nuke.
End their ability to project power anywhere for any reason.
End their proxy armies.

We're close on all of that. People are whining about the Straits because prices have gone up in the US regarding gas.


But why is it that no one is taking the gasoline retailers to task for those prices?

Trump attacked Iran, a country we get NO OIL from, and the very next day, the prices went up on gasoline that had been purchased and was in storage tanks months before the attacks.

It's the same gas, produced under previous costs.

Why did it go up? That isn't a Trump thing, nor is it an Iran thing.

Either way, Trump has ONLY 60 days to get it done, or he'll need Congressional approval to continue.

Hold retailers accountable?

Trump was crowing about how great it was making so much money.

 

[Darkwind]

Hold retailers accountable?

Trump was crowing about how great it was making so much money.

... and you think he was talking about retail gasoline sellers?

Wow. Just, ******* wow.

 

[pknopp]

... and you think he was talking about retail gasoline sellers?

Wow. Just, ******* wow.

He was speaking about oil specifically but high oil isn't going to affect fuel prices? LOL

Oil nearly doubles in price and you are mad at gas retailers?

 

[berg80]

I disagree in that I don't think we should wait until a suitcase nuke goes off in a major city

The likelihood of a Iran sponsored terrorist attack against the US went up, not down, after their leadership was killed and their country bombed. Especially considering their new leader had his father and wife killed in a bombing attack.

And then there's the matter of so many counter terrorism experts in the DoJ being fired because they were involved in investigating Ka$h.