Failures of SVB, Signature Bank, and (pending failure) First Republic Bank Demonstate US Federal Reserve Bank Regional Divisions Stymied by Conflict, Cronyism, Blind Eye Syndrome March Madness 2023: The failures of Silicon Valley Bank aka “SVB” (NASDAQ:SIVB), Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY), and on-the-precipice of failing, First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) illustrate common…Read More

"Stay Calm and Don't Panic" SVB President and CEO Greg Becker When a CEO of a publicly-traded company says that, you know it's time to put your head between your knees and grab your ankles.  Especially after SVB CEO Gregory Becker, sold nearly 20% of his holdings in the company…Read More

Sam Bankman-Fried (aka "SBF") Fries Clients and Customers FTX Crypto Exchange Bankruptcy Explained; Investors Loss Estimated at $2bil; Exchange Customers Loss Estimated at $4bil-$5bil (so far..) Comparisons Made to Lehman Brothers Scandal; Sam Bankman-Fried Scheme More Similar to Jon Corzine Shenanigans when he ran MF Global into the ground. FTX…Read More

Andrew Katz, the self-described CEO of "crypto trading firm" Seaquake.io, an individual whose escapades for defrauding investors and threatening those who have filed complaints against him have been profiled via this platform and other platforms for several years. In addition to his ongoing efforts to dupe investors (with the latest…Read More

Andrew Ross Katz (aka Ross Katz), founder and CEO of Seaquake.io, a self-labeled “crypto trading firm” and “B2B service for cryptocurrency exchanges”, along with his partner, the firm’s Chief Financial Officer, Matthew Krueger of San Francisco, were first profiled by this outlet in September 2019 for their roles in defrauding…Read More

Andrew Katz aka Ross Katz aka Stark Katz, the co-founder of so-called digital asset infrastructure and crypto-currency trading firm Seaquake.io, who along with his partner Matthew J. Krueger of San Francisco and UK citizen Dylan Knight are facing investor fraud charges, is now slated to appear in New York Criminal…Read More

In a scheme that reads much like the MarketsMuse story published in October profiling so-called digital asset firm Seaquake.io, whose principals Andrew Katz and Matthew Krueger fraudently claimed to be operating a high-frequency trading system for cryptocurrencies, Michael W. Ackerman of Ohio, and a former NYSE floor broker, was charged…Read More

(Source: Law360.com ) Andrew R. Katz, aka Ross Katz, aka Stark Katz  an Arvada, Colorado man who is last known to reside in either of New York City or Southern California, and uses California, Colorado, Florida and New York drivers licenses while claiming to be a former FX trader for…Read More

MarketsMuse.com ETF update is pleased to share an informative perspective about best practices and “best execution” that institutional investment managers, RIAs and others should consider when using ETFs, courtesy of insight from one of the more widely respected members of ETF “agency-only” execution space. Here’s the excerpt of the ETFdb.com…Read More

MarketsMuse Global Macro update profiles perceived opportunities from the perch of Denmark’s Saxo Group Mads KoefoedIt and his view that interest rate increases probably won't happen during the second quarter, but the market will very likely be dominated by speculation on the likely timing of a US Fed interest rate…Read More

MarketMuse update profiles a recent study done by Fidelity Investments and BlackRock, inc., have discovered a huge reason why retail investors are not comfortable investing in ETFs. The study which survey 1,000 individual investors and 250 advisors found that in order for retail investors to get on board the ETF…Read More