Wall Street is one big turf war. By benefiting one person you are disadvantaging another person.
In today's regulatory environment, it's virtually impossible to violate rules.
The person that is buying a share of stock is convinced he knows something that the other person who's selling it to him does not know. There's no zero sum game in Wall Street.
All one great big lie.
Today, basically, on Wall Street, the big money is made by taking risks.
In today's regulatory environment, it's virtually impossible to violate rules ... but it's impossible for a violation to go undetected, certainly not for a considerable period of time.