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Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD)

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A quick definition of Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD):

Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD) is a rule made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that says public companies must tell everyone important information at the same time. Before this rule, some companies would tell secret information to some people before they told everyone else. This was not fair to all the investors. Now, companies have to tell everyone important information at the same time. If they accidentally tell some people before others, they have to tell everyone else soon after. They have to tell everyone by filling out a special form called Form 8-K.

A more thorough explanation:

Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD) is a rule created by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that requires public companies to share important information with everyone at the same time. This information is called "material non-public information" and it includes things like earnings reports and other important news that could affect the company's stock price.

Before this rule was created, some companies would share this information with certain people, like stock analysts or big investors, before telling everyone else. This gave those people an unfair advantage because they could use the information to make decisions about buying or selling the company's stock before anyone else knew what was going on.

Now, companies have to share this information with everyone at the same time, so that everyone has a fair chance to make decisions based on the same information. If a company accidentally shares the information with some people before others, they have to tell everyone else as soon as possible.

For example, let's say that a company is going to announce that they had a really good quarter and made a lot of money. Before Regulation FD, they might have told a few big investors about this news before telling everyone else. Those investors could have bought a lot of the company's stock before the news was announced, and then sold it for a profit once the news became public. Now, the company has to tell everyone at the same time, so that everyone has a fair chance to buy or sell the stock based on the same information.

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texaslawhopefully
22:30
@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: That all sounds great. It sounds like it has fairly diverse cuisine for a smaller city
yeah there are so many good cuisines in ithaca
renard99
22:31
@lilypadfrog: that’s a pity I’da be liking them all
texaslawhopefully
22:31
Only food I’m going to miss for sure if I leave Texas is texmex
22:31
waspy hasnt had thai food in ithaca yet. ithaca thai is so good
^^^^ truuuuuu
22:32
there are two major thai places and they have very similar names bc a divorced husband and wife own them lol
22:32
personally i think taste of thai is better than taste of thai express but thats just me
i had pho tho and it was really good and huge portions
texaslawhopefully
22:32
Glad they have good Thai food, I love Thai food! Can’t wait to visit :)
22:33
when tex goes to ithaca i want to come
Dkk
22:34
Crying Tiger, best Thai dish.
damn im so hungry all i had today was a curry tonkatsu and buldak
and it was a lil baby noodle cup
vvv hungry
22:36
curry tonkatsu so yummeh
22:36
whats even open rn? pizza?
CTB is it i think
22:37
is collegetown pizza not open
22:37
i used to get a slice from there or wings over at like 1am after my shift at the restaurant
Dkk
22:48
Ross Ulbricht free. God Bless Trump. Huge win.
JeremyFragrance
22:54
agreed
texaslawhopefully
22:55
This is an interesting read: https://thedispatch.com/article/birthright-citizenship-trump-implications/
Dkk
23:01
I mean, idk how it's possible to end birth right citizenship without amending the constitution because to me the 14th amendment is pretty clear about it.
ross ulbricht tried to hire a hitman to kill 5 people
i am not that sympathetic to him
Dkk
23:04
@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: That might have been an FBI agent. It was most likely him and he was most likely doing it to retrieve stolen funds that corrupt FBI agents stole, but yeah moral gray area but me personally, cool with hitmen. It's not like it is uncommon to hire hitmen. I don't think the action itself is necessarily wrong but the intent behind it can be.
Dkk
23:05
Like, Boeing whistblowers being killed by hitmen = wrong but a guy hiring hitmen to retrieve stolen funds = good to me.
texaslawhopefully
23:05
@Dkk: Yeah, for sure. My guess is it'll go to SCOTUS and it'll be 8-1 or 7-2, saying that EO was unconstitutional.
Dkk
23:06
Indeed. I need a count for how many exectuive orders he has signed and how many already have pending lawsuits.
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