At virtually all banks, equities analysts are banned from trading in their coverage. Banned as in, if you, your spouse, your dependents, etc. have an interest y

At virtually all banks, equities analysts are banned from trading in their coverage. Banned as in, if you, your spouse, your dependents, etc. have an interest you didn't proactively disclose and dispense with you're fired on the spot. FINRA regulation states that registered equities analysts (i.e. the ones working at banks) at a minimum cannot trade against their ratings [0]. At most / all banks there are further restrictions that ban trading in coverage. [0] https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/rulebooks/finra-rules/2241?rbid=2403&element_id=11946 https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/rulebooks/finra-rules/2...