http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...58702.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection This was a 130 stock that traded grand total of 16,000 shares on the day in question and rose 6%. This is what they are investigating? lol, anal mofos. They rob 1000 times that DAILY here in the US and no one blinks an eye.
I guess insider trading with 1 share or a billion shares is still insider trading but the OP's point is well taken. GS gets away with it because they own the exchanges, the SEC, and the government. When the SEC levied the fine against GS it was to appease the public, nothing more, nothing less. A $550 million fine for them is like a 55 cent fine for you and I. How comical, and not in a funny way. The Swiss need to learn how to conduct a government take-over before they begin their insider trading racket.