August 10, 2022
Enforcement: The SEC Plays “Moneyball”
The front office of my favorite MLB team has a reputation for the effective use of analytics. Like most jaded Cleveland fans, I’ve often thought they’ve opted for that approach because the club has no money & data scientists are a lot cheaper than power hitters. Nevertheless, I give the Guardians’ brain trust a lot of credit for doing things like extracting some real value in exchange for an un-signable star like Francisco Lindor. Oh, and I also give them a lot of credit for not being the Browns brain trust. Don’t even get me started on those freakin’ guys. . .
Geez, where was I going with this – oh yeah, SEC Enforcement! Anyway, this Holland & Knight blog picks up on Liz’s recent blog about the trio of insider trading enforcement actions that the SEC brought late last month and details the role that data analysis tools may have played in each of those cases. If you read that blog, it’s hard not to conclude that when Big Brother has access to Big Data, insider trading is even dumber than it used to be.
– John Jenkins