In eliminating barriers to investing in the stock market, is the app democratizing finance or encouraging risky behavior? The app gives new investors an easy way to buy and sell stocks. Its founders say that it could help reduce inequality, but critics fear that it will only reinforce the wealth gap.
Read Sheelah Kolhatkar's article in The New Yorker HERE.
Showing posts with label investment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label investment. Show all posts
Thursday 13 May 2021
Robinhood’s Big Gamble
Labels:
finance,
GameStop,
investment,
Robinhood,
securities,
Wall Street
Friday 30 April 2021
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) – A good investment or a setup for fraud?
"The “best” part of the NFT market craze is that it appeals to non-technical people who don’t understand what they are buying but desperately want it to work." writes Tim Sloane, VP, Payments Innovation at Mercator Advisory Group.
Read full article HERE.
Labels:
Blockchain,
fraud,
investment,
NFT,
Non-Fungible Tokens,
scam
Sunday 21 February 2021
The IPO is dead! Here comes the SPAC!
Are SPACs a useful innovation, a mania, or both? The SPAC boom in part reflects a rebellion by Silicon Valley types, who have long grumbled about having to go through an IPO.
Silicon Valley has thrived by inventing new ways of doing things, from searching for information to contacting friends. So it may come as no surprise that the Valley is eagerly embracing another sort of disruption: special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), as an alternative to the conventional initial public offering (IPO) for startups.
Here is a selection of articles from The Economist on the SPAC.
Silicon Valley has thrived by inventing new ways of doing things, from searching for information to contacting friends. So it may come as no surprise that the Valley is eagerly embracing another sort of disruption: special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), as an alternative to the conventional initial public offering (IPO) for startups.
Here is a selection of articles from The Economist on the SPAC.
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Amsterdam,
Brexit,
financial center,
innovation,
investment,
IPO,
London,
Silicon Valley,
SPAC,
startup,
stock market,
technology,
Wall Street
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