by CNBC.com | Nov 22, 2017 | alerts, Markets/Economy
Facebook director Peter Thiel just sold about three-quarters of his remaining stake in the company. While his 2004 investment of $500,000 made him a billionaire, an earlier sale of Facebook shares proved to be poorly timed. Peter Thiel sold the majority of his...
by Michael Markowski | Nov 18, 2017 | alerts, Non-Public Markets, Startups/Micro-caps
The passage and implementation of Dodd-Frank has had a profound impact on the markets for all US stocks. Under Dodd-Frank for the first time in the history of the US, a broker became criminally liable for recommending stocks which then decline substantially in price....
by Michael Markowski | Nov 17, 2017 | alerts, Non-Public Markets, Startups/Micro-caps
StartEngine’s September 2017 launch of its StartEngine Secondary™ market for the shares of private companies which are valued for less than $1 billion has forever disrupted the capital markets. By the end of 2018, millions of investors will be pouring money into...
by Michael Markowski | Nov 17, 2017 | alerts, Non-Public Markets, Startups/Micro-caps
The launch of the StartEngine Secondary™ market for the shares of private companies valued for between a few million and a billion in October 2017 by StartEngine, a leading U.S. crowdfunding platform was a transformational event for the capital markets. To fully...
by Reuters.com | Sep 12, 2017 | alerts, Markets/Economy
NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) – White sugar futures fell on Tuesday, with the spot premium over raw sugar slipping to its lowest in more than 2-1/2 years on signs of a looming global supply glut. SUGAR * October white sugar settled down $11.50, or 3.1...
by Reuters.com | Apr 6, 2017 | alerts, Markets/Economy
Soybeans down almost 10 pct in 5 consecutive weeks of decline Record South American supplies, higher U.S. planting weigh SINGAPORE, April 7 (Reuters) – Chicago soybean futures lost more ground on Friday with the market poised for a fifth week of fall, its...
