Benjamin Edwards In The News

Financial Advisor
Zero-commission brokerage Robinhood Financial’s business model could take a hit if the Securities and Exchange Commission treats the firm’s communications with its customers as investment advice, according to legal experts.
The Nevada Independent
In two weeks, students will return to classes at UNLV.
InvestmentNews
Robinhood, whose IPO is slated for Thursday, disclosed in a filing that Finra is seeking registration information about its personnel, including the non-registration status of CEO Tenev and co-founder Bhatt.
Daily Beast
Josh Mandel—the far-right, former Ohio state representative now running for Senate—has recently joined the chorus of conservatives railing against Big Tech. But before he turned against Silicon Valley, Mandel was a Facebook stock investor who made tens of thousands of dollars.
Forbes
Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) advocates are having a moment.
Investment News
Wall Street rewards high-risk behavior in its salespeople, be they deemed brokers, the old-fashioned term, or financial advisers, in the more commonly accepted contemporary tongue.
Truthout
New reporting has found that Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) traded stocks for the first time as a member of Congress during March 2020, while Congress was negotiating and voting on the CARES Act.
Bloomberg
Investors who sued online brokerages over claims they were unfairly blocked from trading shares of high-flying stocks like GameStop Corp. may have a long wait before their cases are resolved.