Sinner or Saint - ESG Investing vs. Vice Investing
Send us a textESG (or environmental, social and governance) investing is one of the hottest things in markets right now, with large fund managers competing to be seen to take ESG more seriously than t...
10 Elo 202111min
Insider Trading on The Dark Web
Send us a textApostolos Trovias was recently arrested in Peru and charged by the SEC with perpetrating a fraudulent scheme to sell what he called "insider trading tips" on the Dark Web. According to t...
3 Elo 20218min
Consumer Protections in Crypto Investing
Send us a textLast week Janet Yellen called for rapid action to ensure there is an appropriate US regulatory framework in place for crypto-assets. A month ago the Basel Committee on Banking Supervisio...
27 Heinä 20219min
When Pubs Briefly Replaced Banks in Ireland
Send us a textToday we are going to discuss the Irish Banking Strike of 1970 when all of the countries clearing banks closed for over six months, only to find themselves quickly replaced by local pubs...
21 Heinä 202122min
The First SPAC on The Moon!
Send us a textSEC Charges Stable Road SPAC and Space Startup Momentus with Misleading Claims.The SEC announced on Tuesday that it charged blank-check company Stable Road Acquisition Corp (SRAC.O), its...
15 Heinä 202110min
Should Companies Make Political Donations?
Send us a textCompanies across major sectors of the market are reassessing political donations in response to the January 6th storming of the U.S. Capitol, but it is too soon to know whether it leads ...
10 Heinä 202116min
China cracks down on Didi days after IPO
Send us a textDiDi is a Chinese Ride Hailing app that raised $4.4bn in its listing on the New York Stock exchange this Wednesday. This was the biggest Chinese listing in the US since Alibaba listed s...
5 Heinä 20217min
Lordstown Motors Executives Sold $8 Million of Stock Before Bad News Broke
Send us a textMembers of the leadership team at Lordstown Motors appear to have sold large amounts of company stock just before reports of various troubles at the company became public. Five top Lords...
23 Kesä 202111min
