1. What is your opinion of the topic of the video? Explain why.
I am not sure if insider trading is necessarily a bad thing. If your job allows you to be privy to such information then I don't think there is anything wrong with acting upon that knowledge. However, I think it becomes a bad thing when greed overshadows government official's jobs and they begin making decisions that affect the whole country in order to satisfy their personal financial desires.
2. What can you do about your opinion? How can you make your opinion count?
Probably the best thing I can do is research the isuue some more and then if I discover I am totally against the whole thing than I could write letters to our state congressmen and senators. If it were possible another effective thing to do would be to bring this issue to the media's attention.
3. What is insider trading? What was the information that caused Martha Stewart to go to prison?
Insider trading is the practice of using information that comes from a source “inside” the business but is not available to the general public to trade on the stock market. Martha Stewart recived some insider information from her stock broker about a previous investment. She reacted by selling that stock and avoiding huge losses. Because she profited from that information she went to jail.
4. What is Black Friday and when did it get its name? What is cyber Monday?
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving where many stores have very drastic deals to draw in large numbers of shoppers. The term "black" means that retailers are making a profit. Cyber Monday is the equivilant of Black Friday except it takes place over the internet.
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