>>60755045This. Itโs a global phenomena that has sustained itself for thousands of years and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. All it takes is one single leak, and itโs nearly impossible to prove who it is.
All it takes is one single bureaucrat out of the 10000 who knows about it to start yapping to one of his old college friends who now happend to work at an investment bank. And after that guy has positioned himself for the trade, he lets all his buddies in on it too under the guise of it being a rumor
This applies to both government and the private sector. When you look at how a stock is trading right before some very good or very bad news is about to hit, it is very clear that a group of people with deep pockets has already found out what the news is. Rookie traders often think of mainstream news outlets as a tool for their trading, not realizing that the big boys already priced in the news several days before it was published.