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SEC Chair Gary Gensler is back! Jon throws some of the 3000+ audience questions we got at him and they dive into the issue of whether the SEC is doing enough to ensure market transparency, why there’s not more accountability for the market’s biggest players, and what the limits on SEC power mean in a practical sense. Plus we set a record for most acronyms in a single episode – PFOF, DRS, PSA, UBS! You name it, we got it.
Below are definitions for some of the terminology used in this episode. Our website has a more in-depth explanation, and you can watch Jon’s first interview with Gary Gensler on our Stocks episode.
Dark pools: Private exchanges for trading securities that are not accessible by the investing public. And, yes, they are actually called dark pools.
Disgorgement: An SEC penalty that compels the return of any “ill-gotten gains,” meaning they were made in violation of U.S. securities laws.
Market makers: Also known as “Wholesalers,” these are firms who help investors buy and sell securities using the pool of shares they own. They’re basically a middle man, with access to highly important information, who is seeing the game one thousand times faster than you.
Payment for Order Flow (PFOF): When brokerages route the buy and sell orders of retail investors to big market makers instead of sending it directly to the stock market. This deal helps brokerages make hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
Short-Selling: Short-selling is when an investor borrows securities (usually from a broker who either has the security in their inventory or is also borrowing the security from elsewhere) and sells it on the open market with the plan to buy the security back later at a lower price. After buying back the share, the investor returns the borrowed shares (plus interest) to the original broker and profits off of the difference.
The Securities and Exchange Commission: Commonly known as the SEC, this is the government agency that oversees securities exchanges, brokers, investment advisors, and mutual funds. They’re in charge of creating fair dealings, ensuring the disclosure of important market information, and to preventing fraud.
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Watch The Problem With Jon Stewart on Apple TV+
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SEC Chair Gary Gensler is back! Jon throws some of the 3000+ audience questions we got at him and they dive into the issue of whether the SEC is doing enough to ensure market transparency, why there’s not more accountability for the market’s biggest players, and what the limits on SEC power mean in a practical sense. Plus we set a record for most acronyms in a single episode – PFOF, DRS, PSA, UBS! You name it, we got it.
Below are definitions for some of the terminology used in this episode. Our website has a more in-depth explanation, and you can watch Jon’s first interview with Gary Gensler on our Stocks episode.
Dark pools: Private exchanges for trading securities that are not accessible by the investing public. And, yes, they are actually called dark pools.
Disgorgement: An SEC penalty that compels the return of any “ill-gotten gains,” meaning they were made in violation of U.S. securities laws.
Market makers: Also known as “Wholesalers,” these are firms who help investors buy and sell securities using the pool of shares they own. They’re basically a middle man, with access to highly important information, who is seeing the game one thousand times faster than you.
Payment for Order Flow (PFOF): When brokerages route the buy and sell orders of retail investors to big market makers instead of sending it directly to the stock market. This deal helps brokerages make hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
Short-Selling: Short-selling is when an investor borrows securities (usually from a broker who either has the security in their inventory or is also borrowing the security from elsewhere) and sells it on the open market with the plan to buy the security back later at a lower price. After buying back the share, the investor returns the borrowed shares (plus interest) to the original broker and profits off of the difference.
The Securities and Exchange Commission: Commonly known as the SEC, this is the government agency that oversees securities exchanges, brokers, investment advisors, and mutual funds. They’re in charge of creating fair dealings, ensuring the disclosure of important market information, and to preventing fraud.
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