I thought the market was run by the invisible hand. How could people manipulate the market? I don't understand

  • goldsound [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I think it's hilarious that an 80s comedy movie starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd is the reason that it became illegal.

      • RedDawn [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        From Wikipedia:

        In 2010, nearly 30 years after its release, the film was cited in the testimony of Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief Gary Gensler regarding new regulations on the financial markets. He said:

        We have recommended banning using misappropriated government information to trade in the commodity markets. In the movie Trading Places, starring Eddie Murphy, the Duke brothers intended to profit from trades in frozen concentrated orange juice futures contracts using an illicitly obtained and not yet public Department of Agriculture orange crop report. Characters played by Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd intercept the misappropriated report and trade on it to profit and ruin the Duke brothers.[106] The testimony was part of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act designed to prevent insider trading on commodities markets, which had previously not been illegal. Section 746 of the reform act is referred to as the "Eddie Murphy rule".[1]

      • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Senator Elwood: It’s 227 miles to Wall Street, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.

        Senator Jake: Hit it!

    • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I really want Eddie Murphy to say "I am the law. Specifically, I'm Section 746 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Eddie Murphy rule."