Gee, You Think?

Gee, who could have known that among the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is the trump administration, at least one of them would be making a profit on inside information about Commander TACO's flip flops.

Of course they are: 

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Front-running is a trading term. It means using fore-knowledge of an impending trade or price move to engage in a personal or proprietary securities transaction in advance of that trade or move. If you know in advance that a price will move sharply, either up or down, front-running means trading in advance of that move, then getting out after the move is complete.

You can make a lot of money if you know what the market will do. Using advance, non-public knowledge of a market-moving transaction or announcement is usually illegal (unless you’re a member of Congress; I mean that literally). 

With that in mind, note this:

Nothing to see here.  Move along.