In 2015,Martha Stewart sold her brand name for just a fraction of its original worth.Many have attributed the devaluation to stewart’s widely reported legal troubles concerning Insider Trading.In 2004 she was sent to prison for 5months for related charges.
Well,in 2001,Stewart allegedly obtained non-public knowledge that a particular stock Investment was about to lose money and she dumped the stock early.This kind of knowledge is also known as “Insider Information”.It is only available to high level executives or major shareholders in a company known as corporate Insiders,while corporate Insiders are allowed to trade any stocks they must register potentially