> if you saw a company’s factory blow up while in an airplane, it would be illegal (insider trading) to trade on this information until the news was announced p

> if you saw a company’s factory blow up while in an airplane, it would be illegal (insider trading) to trade on this information until the news was announced publicly How does this square with using satellite analysis to predict a company's retail volume? https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/how-hedge-funds-use-satellite-images-to-beat-wall-street-and-main-street/ https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/how-hedge-funds-use-satel...