Media mentions / OpEds
As the financial crisis revealed, pockets of unethical behavior by some devils in the mortgage-backed securities market ultimately boomeranged on average homeowners. In April, the regulator called out Blackstone’s GSO Capital and Hovnanian Enterprises for what appeared to be a manufactured...
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Bart talks about restoring confidence in the market as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority launches probe into trading activity to see if orders were placed to manipulate or influence the CBOE Volatility Index.
January 18, 2018 – Apple has pledged to create 20,000 new jobs and invest over $30 billion in American facilities over the next five years. They will also give employees a $2,500 stock bonus in response to recent tax reforms. But...
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Media mentions / Righting Regulation
A former financial regulator said Thursday that he wished he had invested in bitcoin and other popular cryptocurrencies back when he was telling everyone to be careful. Bart says he’s been calling for cryptocurrency regulation since 2012. In the fall of...
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Bart on Merrill Lynch blocking bitcoin trading and companies changing their name to be associated with blockchain.
Bart makes a keynote speech on opportunities and regulations of ICOs, and serenades the audience with a Fintech-inspired poem.
Media mentions / Righting Regulation
How can a single Bitcoin, which was trading at only a few hundred dollars two years ago, now be trading at over $6,400? Is there a big Bitcoin bubble? Are skeptics from Russian President Vladimir Putin to JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon correct that...
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Trump has signed a new executive order sanctioning North Korea’s trading partners. The order enhances the US Treasury Department’s ability to target individuals and groups with significant trade relationships with North Korea…
President Trump’s speech on tax reform was good but it is unlikely that his current efforts will do much to make tax reform happen. Tax reform is possible but first, Trump needs to get out of the way and let Congress...
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Media mentions / OpEds
The super soaker Hurricane Harvey has inundated not only Corpus Cristi, Houston and many other cities and towns, it has wreaked havoc on energy production. What’s for sure is that gasoline prices, which have been surging, will continue to rise. That...
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