Market moving information
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A term used in stock market
Stock market
A stock market or equity market is a public entity for the trading of company stock and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion...

 investing. Defined as information that would cause any reasonable investor to make a buy or sell decision.

When a public company insider fails to publicly disclose material, market moving information, that is called selective disclosure
Selective disclosure
Selective disclosure is a situation when a publicly traded company discloses material information to a single person, or a limited group of people or investors, as opposed to disclosing the information to all investors at the same time....

, an act that is prohibited by the SEC's Regulation FD.

Thousands of events can be considered market moving information. A bad freeze in Florida can cause the price of orange juice to increase. An expected drought in the midwest might cause corn or soybean prices to rise on fears of poor crop outputs and limited supplies.
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