Tag: Retail Investors

SEC Takes Aim at Retail Investors, Meme Stocks in New Video

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is used to going after insider traders, pump and dumpers, and fraudulent advisors. But yesterday, the federal regulatory agency went after a new group: retail investors. The SEC posted a video on its YouTube channel encouraging retail investors (everyday people buying stocks) to do research before investing. The video…


Bears vs Bulls: Who’s Buying, Who’s Selling Stocks

Despite the intermittent rebounds, the U.S. financial markets have been on the decline. The leading benchmark indexes, from the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the Nasdaq Composite Index, have slumped in year-to-date trading, covering investors’ portfolios with red ink. Even robots are having a rough time making sense of the market. The AI Powered Equity…