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Insider trading

Meaning in investing & the stock market, with examples

/ˌɪnsaɪdər ˈtreɪdɪŋ/nounCommon term

In investing & the stock market, insider trading means: Buying or selling a company's shares using important information that has not yet been made public, which is illegal in most countries.

In Turkish: içeriden bilgi ticareti, bilgi suistimali, içeriden öğrenenlerin ticareti

How it is used

Regulators investigate insider trading, and people are charged with or convicted of it. Company employees and advisers who know about results, mergers or contracts are called insiders. In Turkey, the Capital Markets Law treats this as 'bilgi suistimali', and the Capital Markets Board (SPK) oversees markets.

Example sentences

  1. The regulator fined two former managers for insider trading before the merger was announced.

  2. Unusual trading volume a day before the news raised suspicions of insider trading.

Common collocations

  • insider trading charges
  • accused of insider trading
  • investigate insider trading
  • insider trading rules
  • listed companyA company whose shares are officially admitted to trading on a stock exchange, so anyone can buy and sell them and the company must publish regular information.
  • stock exchangeAn organisation that runs a regulated market where shares and other securities are listed and traded, such as Borsa Istanbul or the New York Stock Exchange.
  • trading volumeThe number of shares or contracts traded, or their total value, during a given period such as one day.
  • shareholderA person or organisation that owns one or more shares in a company and therefore owns part of it, with rights such as voting and receiving dividends.

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