This news is definitely not directly Android related, yet it seems very relevant to share considering it's news about its largest competitor. First, Apple's stocks recently took a negative hit upon hearing news that the company had to downgrade their original order of iPhone 5 parts by almost half, because of expected weak demand.
Second, industry analysts supposedly received leaked info from Apple's supply chain that this was the case, and the stock market followed suit by "short-selling" Apple stock. (If you are unfamiliar with this investor term, it basically means that if you expect a stock price to fall, you can borrow the shares from a broker, and then sell them at current value. You do this in exchange for buying them at the lower price you expect them to hit.) This short-selling caused Apple's price to drop rapidly and it nearly fell bellow the $500 dollar mark.
Since this occurrence, the SEC decided to get involved and is now investigating to determine if insider trading was a factor in these events. Apparently, the SEC is investigating these "channel checks" that are provided to stock analysts to try and reign in and keep a check on these behaviors. Here's a quote with some additional detail,
Even if the SEC's investigation turns up no overt impropriety, the implications of this investigation are news "leaks" may diminish greatly for a while as the SEC puts pressure on the industry to shore up information security vulnerabilities. Sadly, this will likely lead to less rumors for a while on upcoming new devices.
Source: PhoneArena
