Stocks

Naked short selling is one possible cause.

Both were adamant with House Democrats that their businesses have helped small-time investors access markets that were long the domain of Wall Street.

In the early part of the last decade, critics’ angst focused on how dark pools were siphoning business from Wall Street. Then came the pandemic.

New account signups at the Chinese-owned brokerage were 1,548% higher than the seven-day average in January.

So far this month, an average of 99 billion shares in companies that don’t trade on classic exchanges have changed hands each day.

A merger would value Apex and Northern Star Investment Corp. II at as much as $5 billion, a personal familiar with the matter said.

With its latest plans, the firm aims to become the world’s next financial super-app, akin to Chinese giants Alipay and WeChat Pay.

While getting a rules overhaul through a bitterly divided Congress won’t be easy, analysts, consumer advocates and experts say changes may be on the table.

Behind every trade lies risk. Advisors should consider their partners carefully.

Growth, quality and low-volatility stock funds had one of their worst months of flows on record, while those tracking value had one of their best.