FINRA fines Pershing LLC (Bank of NY Mellon) only $175,000 for failing to report millions of fractional share trades over 26 years.

FINRA charged Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of Bank of New York Mellon, for failing to report millions of fractional share trades from June 1997 to June 2023. Pershing agreed to pay a fine of $175,000 as part of the settlement. The violations included failing to report trades and not maintaining a proper supervisory system for these trades. …

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Share of young adults, esp. y women, who say they are “unlikely” to have kids is surging.* Biggest reason: “Just don’t want to”

Seems as though JD Vance’s accurate “cat lady” comment struck a nerve! 🚨 New Pew: Share of young adults, esp. y women, who say they are "unlikely" to have kids is surging.* Biggest reason: "Just don't want to". 🚨 * Among those who are currently childless. pic.twitter.com/978vmoIyqp — Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS) July 25, 2024 What’s …

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Labour will make every UK borough take ‘fair share’ of migrants, says Rayner

Labour will make every UK borough take ‘fair share’ of migrants, says Rayner Party deputy leader insists all authorities must house successful asylum seekers who will be eligible for places in new 1.5m social housinghttps://t.co/iFV2XQgGjL — Make Britain Great Again (@UK_Needs_Reform) June 26, 2024 Under a Labour government, every UK borough would be required to …

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Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia now dominate S&P 500 with 27% share, exceeding the Dot-com bubble peak by 9 points.

Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia (5 largest stocks) COMBINED now account for a record 27% share of the S&P 500. This is up from ~19% in just 2 years. In 2015, the percentage of 5 largest stocks was just 11%. It is 9 percentage points higher than in Dot-com bubble. pic.twitter.com/ywNf927cWE — Global Markets …

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Putin Aide’s World War Warning To U.S. Amid Ukraine War; ‘Will Get Its Share Of Radioactive Ash…’

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lashed out at the West, warning America against launching any strikes on Russian targets in Ukraine. Medvedev warned that any U.S. strike on Russian positions will lead to a World War. This after Polish foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski claimed that U.S. has threatened to retaliate if Russia uses nuclear weapons. …

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s net worth rockets to $90 billion – after stock soars well over $1,000 per share

Nvidia CEO and cofounder Jensen Huang became a much richer man Thursday as shares of his semiconductor chip company that’s become the poster child of the artificial intelligence movement surged to a fresh all-time high, placing him among the world’s Top 20 wealthiest, according to Forbes calculations. Key Takeaways Huang’s net worth grew by almost …

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JP Morgan CEO’s massive share sell-off sparks insider trading alert.

Alarm bells ring as JP Morgan’s Chairman and CEO, Jamie Dimon, dumps a staggering 178,222 shares of $JPM, totaling $32 million, adding to his already substantial sales this year exceeding $180 million. With Dimon’s actions signaling significant insider activity, concerns mount over the implications for the market, particularly amidst fears of quantitative tightening (QT). As …

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Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds

Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds The revelation could shape the debate over Americans’ health privacy as states move to criminalize abortion and drugs related to reproductive health By Drew Harwell December 12, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EST The nation’s largest pharmacy chains have handed over Americans’ prescription records to …

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How Great Is Our Economy If The Bottom 50%’s Share Of The Nation’s Wealth Has Plummeted Since 2009?

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Something has been going very wrong in the US economy for a very long time, and whatever is going wrong accelerated from 2009 to the present. Longtime readers know I’ve covered America’s soaring wealth and income inequality for many years, and so I read economist Noah Smith’s …

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Taiwan semiconductor warned that Artificial Intelligence is not as good as it sounds; Elon Musk prioritizes market share over profits, resembling his previous high-profile purchase of Twitter, despite its unprofitability.

Taiwan semiconductor warned that Artificial Intelligence is not as good as it sounds.https://t.co/ENHumo5m4y"TSMC's second-quarter earnings call may go down as one of the more pessimistic calls in recent history" Just another rope-a-dope. pic.twitter.com/1YtEEDD7Xc — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 20, 2023 Bulls the highest since the left shoulder over two years ago: pic.twitter.com/v0CmBacGO5 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July …

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Bidenomics In 3 Charts! Share of Total Net Worth Held by the Top 1% Near All-time High, 25 Straight Months Of NEGATIVE Real Wage Growth, 3 Straight Quarters Of NEGATIVE Net Worth Growth

by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics, which Bumbling Biden can’t explain, and his Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre only utters “top down was a failure, we are trying the opposite!” Sorry Karine, Bidenomics personifies top down economic (mis)management where DC picks winners and losers as opposed to the free market. Under Biden’s corrupt administation, it is more like …

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The share of nonfinancial firms in financial distress has reached a level that is higher than during most previous tightening episodes since the 1970s

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/distressed-firms-and-the-large-effects-of-monetary-policy-tightenings-20230623.html TLDRS: Since March 2022, U.S. monetary policy has become tighter. More businesses are financially distressed now than in previous instances of tightening since the ’70s. Studies suggest that these conditions could lead to significant declines in investment and jobs in the near future. The theory is that when monetary policy gets tougher, …

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says to expect a gradual decline in the dollar’s share of global reserves, but greenback remains dominant (“Gradual decline” is a whopper right up there with “inflation is transitory”)

via businessinsider: The US should expect the dollar’s share of global reserves to slowly decline, but no alternatives exist that could completely displace the greenback, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday. Her comments came during a Housing Financial Services Committee in response questions about the risk of de-dollarization. Asked by Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, …

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Sydney rental advertisement sparks outrage as three people to share one bedroom amid crisis

via news.com.au: Some Sydney renters are facing the prospect of having to share a bedroom with one or two other roommates as the housing crisis shows no signs of abating. The shocking conditions being advertised in Sydney rental homes has sparked outrage online. It also means the worrisome prediction of Australia’s central bank governor Phillip …

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FALLOUT: Bud Light only has a few months to prevent sustained market share loss, warns former Anheuser-Busch sales exec.

via fortune: Come September, retailers are expected to begin reallocating the limited shelf space by relying on sales data from the preceding months. In Bud Light’s case, that could mean a diminished presence going forward following the controversy over its brief partnership with a transgender influencer, according to Anson Frericks. A president of sales and …

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