One doesn’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to question whether something untoward is going on at the Securities & Exchange Commission with respect to its recent treatment of fintech companies. Actions by the Commission that include slow-walking certain fintech-related qualifications, including its sheer unwillingness to approve a cryptocurrency ETF, are just the tip of […]
GameStopped Hearings Recap – Who Wins and Loses When Partisans Collide?
Over the weekend, I binge-watched last week’s congressional GameStop hearing entitled, “GameStopped – Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide?” The all-star cast of witnesses included Gabriel Plotkin, founder of Melvin Capital, the hedge fund that needed a $2.75 billion bailout investment after getting caught in GameStop’s short squeeze; Vlad Tenev, […]
How an Investment Group on Reddit Can Return Democracy to Stock Markets
America was established on the doctrine of freedom. One of its many founding liberties grants citizens the right to invest in and profit from the ingenuity of its fellow citizens. Stock markets are vehicles to facilitate this right. Stock markets were created to foster capital formation so that businesses could flourish while individuals participate in […]