Expert Available to Comment on Market Fairness During Government Shutdown_188体育app_188体育在线-平台官网

Robbin Ray ’82
Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:15 -0400

DURHAM, N.H.—With no end in sight for the current government shutdown, new research shines a light on how the congressional standoff could impact investors and the U.S. financial markets. Preliminary research by Daniel Bens, a professor of accounting at the University of New Hampshire reveals that insider trading spiked during the last prolonged shutdown and found much of the gain came from “opportunistic” sales — trades made by company executives or others with access to nonpublic information.?
“We didn’t observe much of an impact during the first week of the shutdown, likely because insiders were unsure whether the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement would be disrupted,” said Bens. “But once it stretched past the first week, and 94% of the SEC’s workers were furloughed,...