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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    CME Group Inc
    CME looks to lure retail traders with daily options frowned on in Europe

    Chicago exchange group launches contracts that track up or down moves in indices and commodities

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    LexRevlon Inc
    Revlon/meme stocks: continued speculation hints that bear market is not over Premium content

    Retail traders hoping to have snagged the next Hertz risk being disappointed

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Robinhood
    Robinhood’s depiction of liquidity during ‘meme stock’ frenzy questioned

    US congressional committee releases findings from 18-month probe into wild market swings of January 2021

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    US financial regulation
    SEC chief launches review of ‘uneven’ US equities market

    Gary Gensler’s plan to ‘do better for retail investors’ draws fire from brokers and trading firms

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Special ReportExchanges, Trading and Clearing
    SEC aims to stem trading practice of ‘payment for order flow’

    Regulators are asking whether retail investors are better off when brokers ‘sell on’ their trades to wholesalers, for a fee

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    US Securities and Exchange Commission
    SEC chair to set out overhaul of US equity market

    Proposals include new auctions to decide which trading groups handle retail investors’ orders

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Hard lessons from the crypto crash

    Can anything challenge the belief that investing in digital assets is a guaranteed route to riches?

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Money Clinic Podcast: Surviving the ‘Crypto Crash’

    As two young investors reveal the extent of their crypto losses, could more be done to protect consumers?

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Robinhood
    FTX chief takes stake in online brokerage Robinhood

    Sam Bankman-Fried’s disclosure of $648mn in share purchases sends company’s stock soaring

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    News in-depthUS equities
    Retail traders no longer ‘buyer of first resort’ as US stocks slide

    Inflows have dwindled this month while inflation and interest rates squeeze spare cash

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Instagram must stop the scammers targeting Gen Z

    Cloned accounts con followers of genuine financial content creators out of thousands

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    LexRobinhood
    Retail investors: still trading, just not on Robinhood Premium content

    Platform says customers are more cautious, but growth at rivals tells a different story

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Robinhood
    Robinhood revenues tumble as retail trading loses steam

    Shares fall 11% as brokerage laps ‘Covid extravaganza trading boom’

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    Workplace pensions
    Money Clinic podcast: Should I save, spend or invest my bonus?

    Workers lucky enough to get a bonus this year want to make the most of their money

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Leveraged buyouts are back, baby Premium content

    Plus, Europe’s largest gaming group shoots for the M&A high score and Spac sponsors scramble to attract investors

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Management consulting
    Boston Consulting Group sues GameStop claiming $30mn in unpaid fees

    Meme-stock company ‘refused to pay significant amounts’ for help on transformation, complaint says

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    LexAMC Entertainment
    AMC Entertainment: some shareholders are invested merely for the show Premium content

    The US cinema chain’s investment in a Nevada miner may be just what its retail investors want

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    South Korean business & finance
    Short on South Korea biotech company turns into $1bn trader nightmare

    After a controversial merger, stock’s price has skyrocketed, hurting institutional investors

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    Traders leave US penny stocks in sign speculative fever is cooling

    Volume on over-the-counter market was 70% below last February’s all-time high

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Overtaxed and underpaid: no wonder young investors love crypto

    Rising taxes and inflation are pushing young people further up the risk curve

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Will young investors hang on for the ride?

    Markets take a turn for the worse as inflationary pressures weigh on our personal finances

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Robinhood
    Robinhood’s growth loses steam a year after meme stock frenzy

    Shares of retail brokerage fall on earnings miss as it expects revenues to decline 35% in the current quarter

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    US equities
    Retail traders keep the faith during Wall Street’s turbulent January

    Amateur investors have purchased US shares every day this year even as the market slides

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    LexGameStop Corp
    GameStop: meme stock eyes crypto push Premium content

    It makes sense for the video game retailer to create its own NFT marketplace

  • Wednesday, 29 December, 2021
    Lex
    Target/meme stocks: a retail trading trend extended Premium content

    Lex was impressively wrong on meme stock favourites AMC and GameStop

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