Category: Regulation
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Competition for Stocks
BlackRock and Citadel Securities, two financial heavyweights, have begun the process to create a new stock exchange in Texas. The Texas Stock Exchange directly challenges the dominance of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ. The new exchange, located in Dallas, aims to have fewer restrictions on listed companies and offer a cheaper and easier…
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OIL is the most important commodity on the planet.
This is a great explanation of futures markets and oil futures using the CME crude oil contract as an example.
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Kyle Bass
Kyle Bass, founder of Hayman Capital and one of the few to benefit from the 2008 mortgage crisis, warns of the concerning military capabilities of China and argues that American investors played a role in building their war machine. He points out that China now has more naval ships than the U.S. Navy and believes…
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Bitcoin ETF “WHEN NOT IF”
Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale, discusses the possibility of BlackRock getting the first Bitcoin ETF and how it affects their plans. The CEO states that Grayscale has long been prepared for a marketplace with multiple Bitcoin ETFs, so they are focused on converting GBTC. He also mentions that they are awaiting an opinion from the…
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Econ 101?
Senator Kennedy questions Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about inflation and capital requirements for banks. **Powell explains that we had very little inflation for 25 years** and that inflation depends on whether tax increases or spending cuts are part of a congressional budget plan. If there were no spending cuts, he believes there would be…
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BlackRock accepts BTC
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Dalio’s World
Ray Dalio and Thomas Friedman discuss China’s Confucianism way of thinking and how it affects China’s foreign policy. China views itself as a family and its country as an extended family. Confucianism is a top-down, hierarchical philosophy based on strict parenting. They focus on mutual respect between those who are more powerful and those who…
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BTC vs GOV
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/crypto-giants-binance-coinbase-rough-week-rcna87939 Crypto has their answer — and it’s not one that they’re going to like. That has been a major question mark, one that has left the industry begging for clarity from the SEC and Congress about how the government views the “tokens” trade, which has produced billions in transaction fees for these major markets.…