The Market Structure Map
June 22, 2022
Skip meals, give up beer, burn calories. That combination lowers my weight. The essentials. In fact, depending on the amount of meal-skipping and skipping-rope (well, riding bikes), I drop pounds in days. What’s the equivalent for creating shareholder-value, public companies? We ought to know if...
June 15, 2022
CNBC is running a second-by-second countdown to the Federal Reserve decision on rates today. Seems like a market too dependent on the few. Risk disperses through decentralization. We’re counting on a central bank to disperse risk. Hm. Whatever the Fed does today, from 50 basis...
June 8, 2022
The SEC wants to save the little guy. Again. A number of you alert readers sent me this story (WSJ registration required but there are similar versions) about the Gensler SEC weighing changes to how trades from retail brokerages are handled. For those new to...
June 1, 2022
How do I attract more investors? It’s the key question from investor-relations people, the liaison to Wall Street for public companies. The answer, though, isn’t what you think. And I have to share. Come in closer, I need to keep my voice down. I am...
May 25, 2022
SNAP broke yesterday. I’ll explain two reasons why. Yes, the company blew the quarter. Dramatic swings in guidance don’t instill joy. But the losses occurred before anybody talked about them. SNAP closed Monday at $22.47 and opened Tuesday for trading at $14.49 and closed at...
May 18, 2022
The Terra Lunacy (cough cough) is about creating and destroying. If you’re thinking, “Lord, I want to read about cryptocurrencies like I want to use a power tool on a molar,” hang on. It’s about stocks. But first, here is Market Structure 101, public companies...