Answer:
not sufficiently profitable to cover trading costs.
Explanation:
Hasan Nejat Seyhun, a professor of Finance, in 1986, in his research study titled "Insiders' profits, costs of trading, and market efficiency" investigates the unusual findings of the previous insider trading studies, that suggests that, any investor can earn abnormal profits by reading the Official Summary.
Hence, he concluded that, that the practice of monitoring insider trade disclosures, and trading on that information, would be not sufficiently profitable to cover trading costs.
An investment adviser structured as a partnership lends money to a customer to buy recommended securities. Under NASAA's Model Rule on Unethical Business Practices of Investment Advisers, Investment Adviser Representatives, and Federal Covered Advisers, this activity is
A) acceptable, provided the securities are used as collateral for the loan and the loan conforms to the provisions of Regulation T.
B) acceptable, provided the loan is made under the provisions of Regulation T of the Federal Reserve.
C) unethical.
D) acceptable, provided the securities are used as collateral for the loan.
Answer: Unethical
Explanation: Based on the model and policy of the North America Securities Administrator's Association, the investment adviser cannot lend money to a customer to purchase recommended securities under the guise of being partners, such behavior is deemed UNETHICAL and in violation of the rule binding the practices and investment advisers and investment adviser representatives.
Customers can purchase securities by taking loans from recommended or regulated lender, broker or bank.