Chris Josephs
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So if you have a bill that literally says stop trading on congressional knowledge as the name of the act, you know that there's something already sketchy going on. And why was that not a thing to begin with? And so what happened to it? So in 2006, it got introduced. No politicians cared about it. You know, whatever.
So if you have a bill that literally says stop trading on congressional knowledge as the name of the act, you know that there's something already sketchy going on. And why was that not a thing to begin with? And so what happened to it? So in 2006, it got introduced. No politicians cared about it. You know, whatever.
After the housing crisis, they found out and they realized that there were around 33 politicians that set their portfolios up after talking with the officials at the Fed and, you know, the people building up the monetary policy. They reconstructed their portfolios while that whole crisis was going on. They didn't have to display or publicly talk about it because the Stock Act wasn't announced.
After the housing crisis, they found out and they realized that there were around 33 politicians that set their portfolios up after talking with the officials at the Fed and, you know, the people building up the monetary policy. They reconstructed their portfolios while that whole crisis was going on. They didn't have to display or publicly talk about it because the Stock Act wasn't announced.
After the housing crisis, they found out and they realized that there were around 33 politicians that set their portfolios up after talking with the officials at the Fed and, you know, the people building up the monetary policy. They reconstructed their portfolios while that whole crisis was going on. They didn't have to display or publicly talk about it because the Stock Act wasn't announced.
All that stuff came out after that, like, oh, while the housing market is crashing and Americans are losing their homes left and right, these politicians are moving millions, reconstructing their portfolios after getting out of the meetings with the Fed officials. So that's how it came back onto the center stage.
All that stuff came out after that, like, oh, while the housing market is crashing and Americans are losing their homes left and right, these politicians are moving millions, reconstructing their portfolios after getting out of the meetings with the Fed officials. So that's how it came back onto the center stage.
All that stuff came out after that, like, oh, while the housing market is crashing and Americans are losing their homes left and right, these politicians are moving millions, reconstructing their portfolios after getting out of the meetings with the Fed officials. So that's how it came back onto the center stage.
The Stock Act then gets introduced in 2012, and then it gets passed shortly after that. What is crazy in my head, though, is, like, what the heck was going on before it? Yeah. Like, what do... That, I think, was we were talking off camera, like, our generation, we grow up with it and we're used to it now because of things like that. It's like, how can they have not had any limitations before 2012?
The Stock Act then gets introduced in 2012, and then it gets passed shortly after that. What is crazy in my head, though, is, like, what the heck was going on before it? Yeah. Like, what do... That, I think, was we were talking off camera, like, our generation, we grow up with it and we're used to it now because of things like that. It's like, how can they have not had any limitations before 2012?
The Stock Act then gets introduced in 2012, and then it gets passed shortly after that. What is crazy in my head, though, is, like, what the heck was going on before it? Yeah. Like, what do... That, I think, was we were talking off camera, like, our generation, we grow up with it and we're used to it now because of things like that. It's like, how can they have not had any limitations before 2012?
What were they doing?
What were they doing?
What were they doing?
That was me. With the Pelosi tracker every day in the early days. I remember a couple of these trades and there's so many now, but I remember calling my dad up and I'm like, wait a second. Like, is this actually like, are they actually trading? It's not just Mike McCall. I can't remember the specific trades. I think it was him, but.
That was me. With the Pelosi tracker every day in the early days. I remember a couple of these trades and there's so many now, but I remember calling my dad up and I'm like, wait a second. Like, is this actually like, are they actually trading? It's not just Mike McCall. I can't remember the specific trades. I think it was him, but.
That was me. With the Pelosi tracker every day in the early days. I remember a couple of these trades and there's so many now, but I remember calling my dad up and I'm like, wait a second. Like, is this actually like, are they actually trading? It's not just Mike McCall. I can't remember the specific trades. I think it was him, but.
Yeah. Yeah. He I'm trying to remember the trades because he he sits on the he sits on a lot of the intelligence committees or not a lot of the big committees. And he's trading millions. But it's not just like McCall. Yeah, I think so. I think so. He's in particular because he's really hard to track. We know this in the world of the us quiver quant usual whales. We're the ones that do this.
Yeah. Yeah. He I'm trying to remember the trades because he he sits on the he sits on a lot of the intelligence committees or not a lot of the big committees. And he's trading millions. But it's not just like McCall. Yeah, I think so. I think so. He's in particular because he's really hard to track. We know this in the world of the us quiver quant usual whales. We're the ones that do this.
Yeah. Yeah. He I'm trying to remember the trades because he he sits on the he sits on a lot of the intelligence committees or not a lot of the big committees. And he's trading millions. But it's not just like McCall. Yeah, I think so. I think so. He's in particular because he's really hard to track. We know this in the world of the us quiver quant usual whales. We're the ones that do this.