老鼠仓

老鼠倉
lǎoshǔcāng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 rat trading (financial front-running by fund managers)
  2. 2 personal account front-running

Examples

HSK 6
Zhèwèi jījīn jīnglǐ yīn lǎoshǔcāng bèi zhōngshēn jìn rù shìchǎng.
The fund manager received a lifetime market ban for rat trading.
HSK 6
Lǎoshǔcāng sǔnhài jījīn chíyǒu rén de lìyì.
Rat trading harms the interests of fund unit holders.
HSK 7-9
Jiānguǎn céng yánlì dǎjī lǎoshǔcāng xíngwéi.
Regulators crack down severely on rat trading.

Tips

memory
Literally 'rat warehouse' - a fund manager secretly builds a personal position cheaply, then uses the client fund's money to pump the price and profits personally. The 老鼠 (rat) imagery is about sneaking a portion of the grain store into one's own hole - an old-China barn metaphor transferred to finance.

Stroke Order

lǎo
shǔ
cāng