Can I hedge bet against my company?

[MyUserName]

Can I buy shares in my company, thus pushing the share price up, then sell them at a profit, but just before selling them, take out a hedge bet against them, so that when they drop I make more money?


It's to go to my family friend Bob in India so I think I can claim the VAT back as well, he's also done some charity work too, so I can gift aid it to him.
Oh and can I buy a BMW and an iPhone and get a mortgage on my house paid for by the company (or the UK government)?

Won't you be accused of insider trading?

[Mordac]

Can I buy shares in my company, thus pushing the share price up, then sell them at a profit, but just before selling them, take out a hedge bet against them, so that when they drop I make more money?

Yes, you can, but just don't drop the soap in the showers...

[MrMarkyMark]

Can I buy shares in my company, thus pushing the share price up, then sell them at a profit, but just before selling them, take out a hedge bet against them, so that when they drop I make more money?


It's to go to my family friend Bob in India so I think I can claim the VAT back as well, he's also done some charity work too, so I can gift aid it to him.
Oh and can I buy a BMW and an iPhone and get a mortgage on my house paid for by the company (or the UK government)?

Who the feck do you think you are, an MP?

[BrilloPad]

Can I buy shares in my company, thus pushing the share price up, then sell them at a profit, but just before selling them, take out a hedge bet against them, so that when they drop I make more money?


It's to go to my family friend Bob in India so I think I can claim the VAT back as well, he's also done some charity work too, so I can gift aid it to him.
Oh and can I buy a BMW and an iPhone and get a mortgage on my house paid for by the company (or the UK government)?

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Mr Goldman and Mr Sucks can sort it all out for you.

[WTFH]

Yep, but pension fund managers get a bonus on short term yield, they couldn't give a **** about the long term value of the fund. They will be retired on the bonuses, and your pension is gone.

Isn't that what Gideon is doing?

[DimPrawn]

Price falls because things are tulip, so previous dividend paying history is likely to be meaningless...

Yep, but pension fund managers get a bonus on short term yield, they couldn't give a **** about the long term value of the fund. They will be retired on the bonuses, and your pension is gone.

[AtW]

If they are dividend paying stocks, a falling price means a rising yield, something too tempting for pension fund managers to resist.

Price falls because things are tulip, so previous dividend paying history is likely to be meaningless...

[DimPrawn]

one thing i never understood about the stock market and stokebrokers is who they would sell their shares to, when they were obviously tanking, then i read some books on the 2008 crash and the answer became pretty apparent.......pension fund managers

If they are dividend paying stocks, a falling price means a rising yield, something too tempting for pension fund managers to resist.

[WTFH]

one thing i never understood about the stock market and stokebrokers is who they would sell their shares to, when they were obviously tanking, then i read some books on the 2008 crash and the answer became pretty apparent.......pension fund managers

Have you seen the Big Short?

[filthy1980]

one thing i never understood about the stock market and stokebrokers is who they would sell their shares to, when they were obviously tanking, then i read some books on the 2008 crash and the answer became pretty apparent.......pension fund managers

[diseasex]

Can I buy shares in my company, thus pushing the share price up, then sell them at a profit, but just before selling them, take out a hedge bet against them, so that when they drop I make more money?


It's to go to my family friend Bob in India so I think I can claim the VAT back as well, he's also done some charity work too, so I can gift aid it to him.
Oh and can I buy a BMW and an iPhone and get a mortgage on my house paid for by the company (or the UK government)?

Only if you pay subscription fee to our company (T&C and fee of 9999.99£ apply)

[WTFH]

Can I buy shares in my company, thus pushing the share price up, then sell them at a profit, but just before selling them, take out a hedge bet against them, so that when they drop I make more money?


It's to go to my family friend Bob in India so I think I can claim the VAT back as well, he's also done some charity work too, so I can gift aid it to him.
Oh and can I buy a BMW and an iPhone and get a mortgage on my house paid for by the company (or the UK government)?