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October 25, 2010 I recently spoke at Web Directions South in Sydney, which was a lot of fun. I was invited to talk about the future of the book, and I did… sort of. In this post, I want to expand on some of the thoughts in that talk, which tied together a common thread from several previous discussions, and see if I can do some old-fashioned lit crit too. It’s going to be a bit hand-wavey, but I wanted to put something out there. Here goes. Link to original talk at the end. I recently read William Gibson’s new novel

Gurley told The New Yorker he thought the commission-free trading app was "misleading to people." Gurley has called to ban payment for order flow, a model Robinhood relies on to make money. Venture capitalist Bill Gurley reportedly did not invest in Robinhood because it made him feel "emotionally bad." Gurley, a general partner at Benchmark who has invested in Uber, Zillow, and Stitch Fix, told The New Yorker's Sheelah Kolhatkar he did not invest in Robinhood because of oppositions to the app's business model. Robinhood gets money by using a third party to carry out individual buy or sell ord...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: SEC Chair Gary Gensler testified yesterday before the House Committee on Financial Services about the SEC’s efforts to assess and address the market volatility that occurred in GameStop and other “meme stocks” resulting in significant price volatility and trading volume spikes earlier this year.  Gensler said the SEC is working to determine, in the face of changes in technology and finance, how to continue to achieve core public policy goals while ensuring that the markets work for everyday investors.  Gensler cited seven fa...

Yellen on Biden's plans — Warren pressures Gensler

I recently discussed why “ “free trades" have certainly reduced the transaction costs, the selling of data to the highest bidder has likely cost investors more than they saved. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. To wit: “ As is clear from the billions paid for order flow and the billions made from executing those orders, there is no such thing as ‘free trading.’ Thus, the claim of ‘commission free trading’ is often no more than a rhetorical ruse to attract new investors and distract from the billions of dollars in PFOF ...